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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But they said not on the feast day,.... The feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread, which was nigh at hand, and would be two days hence, when there would be a great concourse of people from all parts to keep it: and therefore they did not choose to seize him, and put him to death at that time, lest there should be an uproar of the people;...
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And being in Bethany,.... A place about two miles from Jerusalem, whither he retired after he had took his leave of the temple, and had predicted its destruction; a place he often went to, and from, the last week of his life; having some dear friends, and familiar acquaintance there, as Lazarus, and his two sisters, Martha and Mary, and the person...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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? [See comments on Matthew 26:8].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence,.... Which, was to the value of our money nine pounds, seven shillings, and sixpence: and given to the poor; which was thought to be a better way of expending it, than by pouring it on the head of Christ: and they murmured against her: that she should lavish so much money away in such...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Jesus said, let her alone,.... Jesus knowing the secret indignation of some of his disciples, and their private murmurings at the woman, and their continual teasings of her, because of the expense of the ointment, said to them, as the Arabic and Ethiopic versions read; or "to the disciples", as the Persic, let the woman alone, cease to chide...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For ye have the poor with you always,.... [See comments on Matthew 26:11]; and whensoever ye will ye may do them good; by feeding them when hungry, clothing them when naked, and supplying them with the necessaries of life: but me ye have not always; meaning, with respect to his bodily presence, which, in a short time, would be removed from them,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
She hath done what she could,.... What she had in her heart, and in the power of her hands to do; she hath done according to her ability, and her good will; and if she had not done it now, she could not have done it at all. She is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying; or, "as if it was to bury me", as the Syriac version renders it....
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Verily I say unto you,.... And you may assure yourselves of the truth of it: wheresoever this Gospel, of the death and resurrection of Christ, shall be preached throughout the whole world, as it shall be, [this] also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her; in remembrance of her, and her work, and in commendation of her faith,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve,.... Apostles of Christ; who was the principal person that had indignation at the woman, and murmured against her, for the profusion of the ointment: went unto the chief priests; as soon as this affair was over, and Christ had defended the woman's conduct to his shame and silence: he immediately went out of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when they heard it, they were glad,.... That such an opportunity offered, and from such a quarter, by one of his own disciples; so that it might be done more secretly and effectually, and with less blame to themselves: and promised to give him money; any sum he should ask; and what was agreed upon were thirty pieces, or shekels of silver; and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the first day of unleavened bread,.... Being come, which was the fourteenth of Nisan: when they killed the passover; that is, "the Jews", as the Syriac and Persic versions supply; for any Israelite, that not a priest, might slay it: their canon runs thus (x), "an Israelite kills (the passover), and a priest receives (the blood), and gives it...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he sendeth forth two of his disciples,.... Peter and John, as appears from Lu 22:8; and saith unto them, go ye into the city; the city of Jerusalem; for there only the passover might be eaten, Deuteronomy 26:2; and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; a servant of the master of the house that was sent for water, to mix with...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And wheresoever he shall go in,.... Into whatsoever house he shall enter, go in after him: and say ye to the good man of the house; the owner, and master of it, who might be Nicodemus, or Joseph of Arimathea, or some man of note and wealth in Jerusalem, that might have some knowledge of Christ, and faith in him, though he did not openly profess...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he will show you a large upper room,.... A room in the highest part of the house, large enough for such a company, for thirteen persons, which was the number of Christ and his disciples: furnished and prepared; with a table, and a sufficient number of couches to sit, or lie upon, and with all proper vessels necessary on such an occasion: there...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And his disciples went forth,.... The two disciples, as the Arabic version has it, Peter and John, set out from Bethany to Jerusalem directly: and came into the city; the city of Jerusalem: and found as he had said unto them; a man bearing a pitcher of water, whom they followed to the house he went into, and addressed the master of the house, as...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. In the afternoon, as it is very reasonable to suppose, Christ set out from Bethany with the rest of the twelve, with the other nine, and came to Jerusalem; where they were joined by Judas, who had covenanted with the chief priests to betray him, and by Peter and John, who had been sent before to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And as they sat and did eat,.... Or "as they lay along"; for such was their posture at the eating of the passover; [See comments on Matthew 26:20]: Jesus said, verily I say unto you, one of you which eateth with me shall betray me; [See comments on Matthew 26:21].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they began to be sorrowful,.... And were so, all but Judas, at this saying of Christ's: and to say unto him, one by one; even till it came to Judas himself, is it I? that shall betray thee; and another said, is it I? This clause is wanting in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, and in two of Beza's copies; and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he answered and said unto them,.... In order to relieve their minds, and point out the particular person: it is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish; just at that very instant; [See comments on Matthew 26:23].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The son of man indeed goeth,.... Out of this world by death, as it is written; both in the book of God's decrees, and in the Scriptures of the Old Testament; but woe to that man by whom the son of man is betrayed! whose sin will not be excused, nor lessened by fulfilling the decrees of God, and by accomplishing the prophecies of the Bible: good...