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John 12:4

JudasSimon
Money and wealth

2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

3 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,

5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

6 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.

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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.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Matthew 10:4

    Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

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  • 1 Samuel 17:28–29

    And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

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  • John 18:2–5

    And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.

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  • John 13:2

    And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;

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  • Luke 6:16

    And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.

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  • Ecclesiastes 4:4

    Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

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  • John 6:70–71

    Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

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  • John 13:26

    Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

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