John 12:5
“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
Note A denarius was customarily a day’s wage for a laborer; see Matthew 20:2.
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
“Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”
Note 300 denarii was about a year’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given to the poor?
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- was
- Exodus 5:8, 17; Amos 8:5; Malachi 1:10–13; Matthew 26:8; Mark 14:4; Luke 6:41
- three hundred
- John 6:7; Matthew 20:2; Mark 14:5
- and given
- Matthew 26:9; Luke 12:33; Luke 18:22