John 12:4
2 So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.
3 Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked,
5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
6 Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked,
- KJV
- Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,
- WEB
- Then Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,
- ASV
- But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, that should betray him, saith,
- DARBY
- One of his disciples therefore, Judas [son] of Simon, Iscariote, who was about to deliver him up, says,
- BLB
- But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, being about to betray Him, says,
- ÅB
- En av hans disipler, Judas Iskariot, han som skulle forråde ham, sier da:
- OTB
- Men Judas Iskariot, en av hans disipler som hadde til hensikt å forråde ham, bemerket,
- B1930
- En av hans disipler, Judas Iskariot, han som skulde forråde ham, sier da:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 10:4
Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
Read in context1 Samuel 17:28–29
Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
Read in contextJohn 18:2–5
Now Judas His betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples.
Read in contextJohn 13:2
The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.
Read in contextLuke 6:16
Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 4:4
I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Read in contextJohn 6:70–71
Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
Read in contextJohn 13:26
Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.
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