John 12:5 meaning and explanation
“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
John 12:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Judas Iscariot speaks at a dinner in Bethany, after Mary anointed Jesus' feet with costly perfume. Three hundred denarii was about a year's wages for a laborer, so the objection sounds generous.
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