Text -- John 12:5 (NET)

12:5 “Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Joh 12:5

¹ tn Grk “three hundred denarii.” The denarius was a silver coin worth a standard day’s wage, so the value exceeded what a laborer could earn in a year (taking into account Sabbaths and feast days when no work was done).

² tn The words “the money” are not in the Greek text, but are implied (as the proceeds from the sale of the perfumed oil).