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Jean 12:5

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5 Pourquoi n'a-t-on pas vendu ce parfum trois cents deniers, pour les donner aux pauvres?

Jean 12:5 Meaning and Commentary

John 12:5

Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence
Meaning Roman pence, one of which is, of the value of our money, seven pence halfpenny; so that three hundred pence amount to nine pounds seven shillings and six pence:

and given to the poor?
this was his pretence, and with which he covered himself; his uneasiness was, because it was not sold, and the money put into his hands, as appears by what follows.

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Jean 12:5 In-Context

3 Marie, ayant pris une livre d'un parfum de nard pur de grand prix, oignit les pieds de Jésus, et elle lui essuya les pieds avec ses cheveux; et la maison fut remplie de l'odeur du parfum.
4 Un de ses disciples, Judas Iscariot, fils de Simon, celui qui devait le livrer, dit:
5 Pourquoi n'a-t-on pas vendu ce parfum trois cents deniers, pour les donner aux pauvres?
6 Il disait cela, non qu'il se mît en peine des pauvres, mais parce qu'il était voleur, et que, tenant la bourse, il prenait ce qu'on y mettait.
7 Mais Jésus dit: Laisse-la garder ce parfum pour le jour de ma sépulture.
The Louis Segond 1910 is in the public domain.

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