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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then Jesus, six days before the passover,.... Or "before the six days of the passover"; not as designing the days of that feast, for they were seven; but as reckoning so many days back from it, that is, before the sixth day from the ensuing passover: if there were six complete days between this and the passover, as this way of speaking seems to...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
It was a melancholy account which we had in the close of the foregoing chapter of the dishonour done to our Lord Jesus, when the scribes and Pharisees proclaimed him a traitor to their church, and put upon him all the marks of ignominy they could: but the story of this chapter balances that, by giving us an account of the honour done to the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. There they made him a supper; It was in the house of Simon the Leper; a near acquaintance, perhaps a relative of this beloved family, for we find that Martha served, but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then Jesus, six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. There they made him a supper, and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. Martha served: she had not given that up. She was a wondrous housewife, and she did well to keep to her...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then Jesus six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. The days Christ was to spend upon the earth were getting to be very few so he paid another visit to that Bethany home where he was always so welcome, and more so than ever since he had raised Lazarus from the dead.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
There they made him a supper,.... At Bethany, in the house of Lazarus, Martha, and Mary; by whose order, and at whose charge it was prepared for him; and not in the house of Simon the leper, which was four days after this, Matthew 26:2. And Martha served; who was always a busy, active, and stirring woman; and this she did, to testify her love to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus. The other evangelist said “anointed his head.” And they are both right. She anointed his head and his feet.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. All the members of the re-united family were present,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard very costly,.... Worth three hundred pence, according to Judas's estimation of it. This Mary was the other sister of Lazarus; [See comments on Matthew 26:7], [See comments on Mr 14:3], concerning the nature and value of this ointment: and anointed the feet of Jesus; as he lay upon the bed or couch,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. Everybody perceived and enjoyed it, and understood what costly ointment it must be which loads the air with so delicate a perfume.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him, Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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; [See comments on Matthew 10:4]. Simon's [son]; this is omitted in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions; [See comments on John 13:2];...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him. I wonder whether he was son of that Simon the Leper, and whether a spiritual leprosy did cleave to him. That, we know, was the case.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him, Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? 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. The question of Judas was a most unworthy one, but the motive...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence,.... Meaning Roman pence, one of which is, of the value of our money, seven pence halfpenny; so that three hundred pence amount to nine pounds seven shillings and six pence: and given to the poor? this was his pretence, and with which he covered himself; his uneasiness was, because it was not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? 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. Observe that the sharpest critics of the works of good men are very often no better than they should be. This Judas is indignant with what Mary does,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
This he said, not that he cared for the poor,.... He had no affection for them, and was unconcerned about them, and took no care of them to feed and clothe them; he was no ways solicitous for their support, refreshment, and more comfortable living: but because he was a thief; to his master, and purloined the money he was intrusted with by him, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then said Jesus, let her alone,.... Do not disturb her in what she does, or hinder her, or blame her for it: against the day of my burial hath she kept this; this ointment, which she now poured on Christ; it was usual to embalm the dead with ointments and spices: Christ suggests, that the time of his death and burial were nigh, and that this woman...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this. For the poor always ye have with you: but me ye have not always. Christ was himself ever caring for the poor, so he would not discourage any effort on their behalf, but just then, one of his most devoted disciples desired to render to him special honour, and he would...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For the poor always ye have with you,.... And so would not want opportunities of showing a regard to them, which Christ always recommended; nor does he here in the least discourage an industrious and affectionate concern for them: the words seem to be a sort of prophecy, that there would be always poor persons in the churches of Christ, to be...