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Yohanes 12:4

Tetapi Yudas Iskariot, seorang dari murid-murid Yesus, yang akan segera menyerahkan Dia, berkata:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Anointing;   Bethany;   Jesus, the Christ;   Judas (Jude);   Love;   Minister, Christian;   Ointment;   Parsimony (Stinginess);   Simon;   Thompson Chain Reference - Defender of the Weak;   Judas;   Simon;   Weak;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bethany;   Lazarus;   Mary;   Simon;   Spikenard;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Bethany;   Judas;   Martha;   Steal;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Priest, Christ as;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Judgment, Last;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Judah;   Simeon;   Spikenard;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Banquet;   Hour;   Mary;   Ointment;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Disciples;   John, Gospel of;   Lazarus;   Martha;   Mary;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Anointing (2);   Business (2);   Complacency;   Judas Iscariot (2);   Martha ;   Mary;   Mount of Olives ;   Nard ;   Palestine;   Perplexity;   Premeditation;   Sisters;   Surname;   Wealth (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Lazarus ;   Martha ;   Mary, Sister of Lazarus and Martha;   Song of Solomon;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Bethany;   Martha;   Passover;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Martha;   Mary;   Oil;   Olives, Mount of;   Simon (2);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Judas Iscariot;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Tetapi Yudas Iskariot, seorang dari murid-murid Yesus, yang akan segera menyerahkan Dia, berkata:
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Tetapi kata seorang murid-Nya, yaitu Yudas Iskariot, yang kemudian menyerahkan Dia,

Contextual Overview

1 Then Iesus, sixe dayes before the Passouer, came to Bethanie, where Lazarus had ben dead, whom he raysed from death. 2 There they made hym a supper, and Martha serued: but Lazarus was one of them that sate at the table with hym. 3 Then toke Marie a pounde of oyntment of Spike narde, very costly, and annoynted Iesus feete, and wyped his feete with her heere: and the house was fylled with the odoure of the oyntment. 4 Then sayde one of his disciples, euen Iudas Iscariot Simons sonne, which shoulde betraye hym. 5 Why was not this oyntment solde for three hundred pence, and geuen to the poore? 6 This he sayde, not that he cared for the poore: but because he was a thiefe, and had the bagge, and bare that which was geuen. 7 Then sayde Iesus: Let her alone, agaynst the day of my burying hath she kept this. 8 For the poore alwayes shall ye haue with you: but me haue ye not alwayes. 9 Much people of the Iewes therfore had knowledge that he was there. And they came not for Iesus sake only: but that they might se Lazarus also, who he raysed from death. 10 But the hye priestes helde a councell, that they myght put Lazarus to death also,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

one: 1 Samuel 17:28, 1 Samuel 17:29, Ecclesiastes 4:4

Judas Iscariot: John 6:70, John 6:71, John 13:2, John 13:26, John 18:2-5, Matthew 10:4, Luke 6:16

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 4:27 - thrust Matthew 26:8 - they Mark 3:19 - Judas Mark 14:4 - there

Cross-References

Genesis 11:27
These are the generations of Tarah: Tarah begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran: Haron begat Lot.
Genesis 11:31
And Tarah toke Abram his sonne, and Lot the sonne of Haran his sonnes sonne, and Sarai his daughter in lawe his sonne Abrams wyfe, and they departed together from Ur of the Chaldees, that they myght go into the land of Chanaan: and they came vnto Haran, and dwelt there.
Hebrews 11:8
By fayth Abraham when he was called, obeyed, to go out into a place whiche he shoulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce: and he went out, not knowyng whyther he shoulde go.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then saith one of his disciples,.... Who had no true love for his master, was an hypocrite, and a covetous person:

Judas Iscariot; so called, to distinguish him from another Judas, an apostle; :-.

Simon's [son]; this is omitted in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions; :-;

which should betray him; and so he did; this was pre-determined by God, foretold in prophecy, and foreknown by Christ; and is observed here, to show the temper and character of the man.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 26:3-16.

John 12:2

A supper - At the house of Simon the leper, Matthew 26:6.

Lazarus was ... - The names of Martha and Lazarus are mentioned because it was not in their own house, but in that of Simon. Lazarus is particularly mentioned, since it was so remarkable that one who had been once dead should be enjoying again the endearments of friendship. This shows, also, that his resurrection was no illusion - that he was really restored to the blessings of life and friendship. Calmet thinks that this was about two months after his resurrection, and it is the last that we hear of him. How long he lived is unknown, nor is it recorded that he made any communication about the world of spirits. It is remarkable that none who have been restored to life from the dead have made any communications respecting that world. See Luke 16:31, and the notes at 2 Corinthians 12:4.

John 12:4

Which should betray him - Greek, “who was to betray him” - that is, who would do it.

John 12:5

Three hundred pence - About 40,00, or 8 British pounds, 10 shillings (circa 1880’s).

And given to the poor - The avails or value of it given to the poor.

John 12:6

Had the bag - The word translated “bag” is compounded of two words, meaning “tongue,” and “to keep or preserve.” It was used to denote the bag in which musicians used to keep the tongues or reeds of their pipes when traveling. Hence, it came to mean any bag or purse in which travelers put their money or their most precious articles. The disciples appear to have had such a bag or purse in common, in which they put whatever money they had, and which was designed especially for the poor, Luke 8:3; John 13:29; Acts 2:44. The keeping of this, it seems, was intrusted to Judas; and it is remarkable that the only one among them who appears to have been naturally avaricious should have received this appointment. It shows us that every man is tried according to his native propensity. This is the object of trial - to bring out man’s native character; and every man will find opportunity to do evil according to his native disposition, if he is inclined, to it.

And bare ... - The word translated “bare” means literally “to carry as a burden.” Then it means “to carry away,” as in John 20:15; “If thou hast borne him hence.” Hence, it means to carry away as a thief does, and this is evidently its meaning here. It has this sense often in classic writers. Judas was a thief and stole what was put into the bag. The money he desired to be entrusted to him, that he might secretly enrich himself. It is clear, however, that the disciples did not at this time know that this was his character, or they would have remonstrated against him. They learned it afterward. We may learn here:

1.That it is not a new thing for members of the church to be covetous. Judas was so before them.

2.That such members will be those who complain of the great waste in spreading the gospel.

3.That this deadly, mean, and grovelling passion will work all evil in a church. It brought down the curse of God on the children of Israel in the case of Achan Joshua 7:0, and it betrayed our Lord to death. It has often since brought blighting on the church; and many a time it has betrayed the cause of Christ, and drowned men in destruction and perdition, 1 Timothy 6:9.


 
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