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John 12:6 KJV
John · chapter 12 · verse 6
This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.John 12:6 · King James Version
John 12:6 in context
4Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,
5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
8For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- caredmeleito care aboutG3199 →
- thiefkleptēsan embezzler, pilferer, the name is transferred to false teachers, who do not care to…G2812 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- poorptōchosreduced to beggary, begging, asking alms, destitute of wealth, influence, position…G4434 →
- barebastazōto take up with the hands, to take up in order to carry or bear, to put upon one s self…G941 →
- bagglōssokomona case in which to keep mouth-pieces of wind instruments, a small box for other uses…G1101 →
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In these verses we have, I. The kind visit our Lord Jesus paid to his friends at Bethany, Joh 12:1. He came up out of the country, six days before the passover, and took up at Bethany, a town which, according to the computation of our metropolis, lay so near Jerusalem as to be within the bills of mortality.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11