Mark 14:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? ”

• Mark 14:4 - Albert 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 withou...

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• Mark 14:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (2) And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? (2) Rash judgments are made void before God.

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• Mark 14:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Anointing of Jesus. Lk. records a parallel incident (not an alternative version of the same story) earlier in the life of Jesus. Jn. ( John 12:1 ) places the event six days before the Passover....

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• Mark 14:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  some . At the first anointing it was only one, Judas ( John 12:4 ).. within. Greek. pros. App-104. Not the same word as in Mark 14:58 . was... made = is come to. pass.

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• Mark 14:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

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• Mark 14:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Ointment— Perfume.

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• Mark 14:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said. Matthew sa...

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• Mark 14:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Last Supper. Arrest and Trial of Jesus 1, 2. A council of the Priests against Jesus ( Matthew 26:1 ; Luke 22:1 ). See on Mt.

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• Mark 14:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (3-9) And being in Bethany. — See Notes on Matthew 26:6-13 . Ointment of spikenard. — The Greek word so translated is, as the various renderings in the margin show, of doubtful import. It is us...

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• Mark 14:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 14 CHAPTER: 14:1-9 ( Mark 14:1-9 ) THE CRUSE OF OINTMENT "Now after two days was the feast of the passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they...

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• Mark 14:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  an Offering of Love Mark 14:1-16 This beautiful incident took place on the Tuesday evening of Passion Week, while the chief priests were gathered in the house of Caiaphas to plot the Lord's dea...

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• Mark 14:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Mary, conscious of the sorrow of death which was in her Lord's soul, poured out the rarest gift she possessed, and so anointed Him beforehand for His burial. Her name is forever redolent of pure devo...

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• Mark 14:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (3) And 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...

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• Mark 14:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  MARY’S ACT JUDGED ‘There were some that had indignation.… Jesus said, Let her alone.’ Mark 14:4 ; Mark 14:6 I. By man .—John is our informant as to the origin of the indignation. It sprang...

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• Mark 14:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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...

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• Mark 14:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? Ver. 4. See Trapp on " Mat 26:8 "

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• Mark 14:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  After two days was the feast of the passover For an explanation of these verses, see the notes on Matthew 26:1-13 . Of ointment of spike-nard, very precious “Either the word πιστικη,” says Dr. W...

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• Mark 14:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ Anointed at Bethany; Judas Engages to Betray Christ.       1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bre...

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• Mark 14:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Mark 14:3 "

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• Mark 14:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Plot Against Jesus And God's Preparation For It In The Anointing Of Jesus For His Burial (14:1-11). In this passage the leaders of the Jews plot His downfall ( Mark 14:1-2 ), and in the event...

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• Mark 14:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Mark 14:1 . Render: After two days was the Passover and the Azuma (or Leavenless Feast). The Passover was the lamb slain on the 14th Nisan ( Exodus 12:6-11 ); the...

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• Mark 14:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Mark 14:4-6 Wherever anything of the love of God exists there must be a desire to sacrifice some considerable portion of our worldly goods to Him; and the most ordinary way of doing so is by givin...

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• Mark 14:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Mark 14:1-3 . After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. But they sa...

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• Mark 14:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Mark 14:1 . After two days was the passover, when the chief priests and the scribes sought to form their plan, how they might surprise the Saviour and put him to death. Their scheme to do it after...

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• Mark 14:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper. Working for Christ The home of Mary and Martha and Lazarus at Bethany, about two miles from Jerusalem across the Mount of Olives, had been...

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• Mark 14:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Mark 14:1 Now after two days was the feast of the passover and the unleavened bread; literally, the passover and the unleavened τό πάσχα καὶ τὰ ἄζυμα. It was one and...

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• Mark 14:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The anointing at Bethany:

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• Mark 14:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ecclesiastes 4:4 ; Ecclesiastes 5:4-8 ; John 12:4 ; John 12:5 ; Malachi 1:12 ; Malachi 1:13 ; Matthew 26:8 ; Matthew 26:9

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• Mark 14:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Some had indignation — Being incited thereto by Judas: and said — Probably to the women.

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