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Mark 14:4 KJV
Mark · chapter 14 · verse 4
And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?Mark 14:4 · King James Version
Mark 14:4 in context
2But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
3And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
4And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
5For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
6And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- indignationaganakteōto be indignant, moved with indignation, be very displeasedG23 →
- themselvesheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
- ointmentmyronointmentG3464 →
- withinprosto the advantage of, at, near, by, to, towards, with, with regard toG4314 →
- wasteapōleiadestroying, utter destruction, of vessels, a perishing, ruin, destruction, of money, the…G684 →
- saidlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
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We have here instances, I. Of the kindness of Christ's friends, and the provision made of respect and honour for him. Some friends he had, even in and about Jerusalem, that loved him, and never thought they could do enough for him, among whom, though Israel be not gathered, he is, and will be, glorious. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11