John 12:8

This verse occurs word for word in both of the first two Gospels. (See Notes there.)

Related Commentaries of John 12:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 26:3-16 . John 12:2 A supper - At the house of Simon the leper, Matthew 26:6 . Laza...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 12. The Final Scenes in the Public Manifestation. John 12:1-8 . The Anointing. The scene is the same as that recorded by Mt. and Mk. Luke...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

with you . among yourselves: i.e. not the outside poor, but the Lord's poor. with . Greek. meta. App-104.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. For the poor you have always with you. We must observe what I have already pointed out, that a distinction is here drawn expressly betwee...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. For the expositi...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Triumphal Entry. Close of the Public Ministry 1-11. Supper at Bethany (see on Matthew 26:6 and Mark 14:3 , which record the same incident)....
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

I. THE ANOINTING OF JESUS. "Jesus therefore six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead. S...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Love's Fragrant Gift John 12:1-11 Martha's service reminds us of Luke 10:41 . The earlier Gospels ( Matthew 26:1-75 ; Mark 14:1-72 ) do not m...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The shadows of the Passion were now falling across the path of the Christ. In what happened at the supper we have a vivid contrast. Mary and Judas ar...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Then Jesus, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. (2) There they made h...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 doe...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always. Ver. 8. The poor ye have always with you ] To give to when you please; and in gr...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then took Mary a pound of ointment , &c. See notes on Matthew 26:6-13 ; Mark 14:1-9 . She did what is here related in token of the warm sense...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A SUPPER FOR HIM AT BETHANY (vs.1-8) Six days before the Passover He returned to the area of Jerusalem, coming by way of Jericho, as Luke shows u...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mary Anoints Christ's Feet; Hypocrisy of Judas; Indignation of the Chief Priests. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " 1 Thessalonians 12:3 "
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus Is Anointed ( John 12:1-8 ). This incident is significant in that it is unintentionally prophetic. By her action in anointing Jesus, Mary is...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Jesus therefore said, “Leave her alone, that she may keep it for the day of my burial. You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 12:1 . See Homiletic Note, p. 341. John 12:2 . The Synoptists inform us that it was in the house of Simon t...
Sermon Bible Commentary

John 12:8 These sayings remind us I. That we have in Christ One who is human, yet Divine. II. One whose death as our Saviour is all important, a...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 12:1-2 . Then Jesus, six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. There...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 12:1 . Then Jesus six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. The day...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 12:1 . Six days before the passover. The Hebrew sabbath was kept from sunset to sunset. The worship of the day being closed, the jews indulge...
The Biblical Illustrator

Then Jesus six days before the Passover. --The following calendar of the Passover week is taken from Lightfoot (2.586): NISAN IX; The Sabbath ....
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The twelfth chapter neither belongs intrinsically to that which precedes nor to that which follows. It is a paragraph of high signifi...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The objection of Judas:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For the poor always ye have with you; but Me ye have not always. When Mary gave the wonderful evidence of her devotion to the Lord, all the discip...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 1:9-11 ; Deuteronomy 15:11 ; John 12:35 ; John 13:33 ; John 16:5-7 ; John 8:21 ; Mark 14:7 ; Matthew 26:11 ; Song of Solomon 5:6
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Mary Anointing Her Lord John 12:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are now coming to the close of the life of our Master presenting the third of three...

⁸ For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

Related Commentaries of John 12:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

John 12:8