John 12:5

12:5 “Why wasn’t this oil sold for three hundred silver coins ¹  and the money ²  given to the poor?”

John 6:7

6:7 Philip replied, ³  “Two hundred silver coins worth ⁴  of bread would not be enough for them, for each one to get a little.”

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).

³ tn Grk “Philip answered him.”

⁴ tn Grk “two hundred denarii.” The denarius was a silver coin worth about a day’s wage for a laborer; this would be an amount worth about eight months’ pay.