Mark 14:4

4 But there were some who said indignantly among themselves, "Why has the ointment been thus wasted?

Mark 14:4 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:4

And there were some that had indignation within themselves,
&c.] 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?
(See Gill on Matthew 26:8).

Mark 14:4 In-Context

2 But they said, "Not on the Festival-day, for fear there should be a riot among the people."

3 Now when He was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the Leper, while He was at table, there came a woman with a jar of pure, sweet-scented ointment very costly: she broke the jar and poured the ointment over His head.

4 But there were some who said indignantly among themselves, "Why has the ointment been thus wasted?

5 For that ointment might have been sold for fifteen pounds or more, and the money have been given to the poor." And they were exceedingly angry with her.

6 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone: why are you troubling her? She has done a most gracious act towards me.