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San Marcos 14:4

Pero algunos estaban indignados y se decían unos a otros: ¿Para qué se ha hecho este desperdicio de perfume?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Frugality;   Jesus, the Christ;   Mary;   Ointment;   Presumption;   Women;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Murmuring;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Anger;   Priest, Christ as;   Remember, Remembrance;   Wealth;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Simon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Spikenard;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Banquet;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Martha;   Ointment;   Vessels and Utensils;   Woman;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - John, Gospel of;   Lazarus;   Mary;   Mss;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Anger (2);   Anointing (2);   Appreciation (of Christ);   Consciousness;   Destruction (2);   Judas Iscariot (2);   Martha ;   Mary;   Mount of Olives ;   Nard ;   Premeditation;   Preparation ;   Simple, Simplicity ;   Sisters;   Trinity (2);   Wealth (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Mary, Sister of Lazarus and Martha;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Chamber;   Passover;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Spikenard;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bethany;   Damn;   Judas Iscariot;   Martha;   Mary;   Murmur;   Oil;   Olives, Mount of;   Perdition;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

La Biblia Reina-Valera
Y hubo algunos que se enojaron dentro de sí, y dijeron: ¿Para qué se ha hecho este desperdicio de ungüento?
La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez
Y hubo algunos que se indignaron dentro de sí, y dijeron: ¿Por qué se ha hecho este desperdicio de ungüento?
Sagradas Escrituras (1569)
Y hubo algunos que se enojaron dentro de sí, y dijeron: ¿Para qué se ha hecho este desperdicio de ungüento?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

there: Ecclesiastes 4:4, Matthew 26:8, Matthew 26:9, John 12:4, John 12:5

Why: Ecclesiastes 5:4-8, Malachi 1:12, Malachi 1:13

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there were some that had indignation within themselves,.... The Syriac version reads, "some of the disciples": agreeably to

Matthew 26:8, particularly Judas, and others might be incensed by his means:

and said, why was this waste of the ointment made?

Matthew 26:8- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 26:1-16.

Mark 14:1

And of unleavened bread - So called because at that feast no other bread was used but that which had been made without leaven or yeast.

By craft - By subtlety (Matthew); that is, by some secret plan that would secure possession of him without exciting the opposition of the people.

Mark 14:3

Ointment - This word does not convey quite the proper meaning. This was a perfume. It was used only to give a pleasant odor, and was liquid.

Of spikenard - The “nard,†from which this perfume was made, is a plant of the East Indies, with a small, slender stalk, and a heavy, thick root. The best perfume is obtained from the root, though the stalk and fruit are used for that purpose.

And she brake the box - This may mean no more than that she broke the “seal†of the box, so that it could be poured out. Boxes of perfumes are often sealed or made fast with wax, to prevent the perfume from escaping. It was not likely that she would break the box itself when it was unnecessary, and when the unguent, being liquid, would have been wasted; nor from a broken box or vial could she easily have “poured it†on his head.

Mark 14:5

Three hundred pence - About forty dollars (or 9 British pounds). See the notes at Matthew 26:7.

Mark 14:8

She hath done what she could - She has showed the highest attachment in her power; and it was, as it is now, a sufficient argument against there being any “real†waste, that it was done for the honor of Christ. See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 26:1-16.


 
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