Markus 14:4

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Ada orang yang menjadi gusar dan berkata seorang kepada yang lain: "Untuk apa pemborosan minyak narwastu ini?

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Ada orang yang menjadi gusar dan berkata seorang kepada yang lain: "Untuk apa pemborosan minyak narwastu ini?

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka adalah beberapa orang gusar akan perkara itu, katanya, "Apakah sebabnya minyak narwastu itu diboroskan sahaja?

Contextual Overview

¹ After two dayes was [the feaste] of the Passouer, & of vnleuened bread. And the hye priestes and the scribes, sought howe they myght take him by craft, and put hym to death. ² But they sayde: not in the feast day, lest any busines arise among the people. ³ And when he was at Bethanie, in the house of Simon the leper, euen as he sate at meate, there came a woman hauyng an alabaster boxe of very precious oyntment, [called] Narde pisrike, and she brake the boxe, and powred it on his head. ⁴ And there were some, that had indignation within them selues, and sayde: what neded this waste of oyntment? ⁵ For it myght haue ben solde for more then three hundred pence, and haue ben geuen to the poore. And they grudged agaynst her. ⁶ And Iesus sayde: let her alone, why trouble ye her? She hath done a good worke on me. ⁷ For ye haue poore with you alwayes, and whensoeuer ye wyll, ye may do the good: but me haue ye not alwayes. ⁸ She hath done that she coulde: she came aforehande, to annoynt my body to the burying. ⁹ Ueryly I say vnto you, whersoeuer this Gospel shalbe preached, throughout the whole worlde, this also that she hath done, shalbe rehearsed, in remembraunce of her. ¹⁰ And Iudas Iscariot, one of the twelue, went away vnto ye hye priestes, to betray hym vnto them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

there: Ecclesiastes 4:4, Matthew 26:8, Matthew 26:9, John 12:4, John 12:5

Why: Ecclesiastes 5:4-8, Malachi 1:12, Malachi 1:13

Cross-References

Ezekiel 17:15
But he rebelled against hym, and sent his embassadours into Egypt, that he might haue horses and muche people: Should he prosper? shall he escape that doth suche thinges? or shall he breake the couenaunt and escape free?

Gill's Notes on the 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 his means:

and said, why was this waste of the ointment made?

Matthew 26:8- :.

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 without leaven or yeast.

By craft - By subtlety (Matthew); that is, by some secret plan that would secure possession of him without exciting the opposition of the people.

Mark 14:3

Ointment - This word does not convey quite the proper meaning. This was a perfume. It was used only to give a pleasant odor, and was liquid.

Of spikenard - The “nard,” from which this perfume was made, is a plant of the East Indies, with a small, slender stalk, and a heavy, thick root. The best perfume is obtained from the root, though the stalk and fruit are used for that purpose.

And she brake the box - This may mean no more than that she broke the “seal” of the box, so that it could be poured out. Boxes of perfumes are often sealed or made fast with wax, to prevent the perfume from escaping. It was not likely that she would break the box itself when it was unnecessary, and when the unguent, being liquid, would have been wasted; nor from a broken box or vial could she easily have “poured it” on his head.

Mark 14:5

Three hundred pence - About forty dollars (or 9 British pounds). See the notes at Matthew 26:7.

Mark 14:8

She hath done what she could - She has showed the highest attachment in her power; and it was, as it is now, a sufficient argument against there being any “real” waste, that it was done for the honor of Christ. See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 26:1-16.