5For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
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For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)We have here instances, I. Of the kindness of Christ’s friends , and the provision made of respect and honour for him. Some friends he had, even in and about Jerusalem, that loved him, and never thought they could do enough for him, among whom, though Israel be not gathered, he is, and will be, glorious. 1. Here was one friend , that was so kind as to invite him to sup with him ; and he was so kin…
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