Matthew 26:8

Matthew 26:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
• New International Version (NIV)When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste?
• New King James Version (NKJV)But when His disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?

Context of Matthew 26:8

6Now while Yeshua was in Bethany at the house of Simon ha-Metzora, 7a woman came up to Him with an alabaster jar of very expensive oil. And she poured it on His head as He was reclining at the table. But when the disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? 9It could have been sold for a lot, and the money given to the poor!” 10But Yeshua, knowing this, said to them, “Why do you cause trouble for this woman? She’s done Me a mitzvah.

Matthew 26:8 word by word

ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ ἠγανάκτησαν λέγοντες· εἰς τί ἡ ἀπώλεια αὕτη;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• whenὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• disciplesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• they had indignationἀγανακτέωaganakteō · be indignantG23
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• what purposeτίςtis · which?G5101
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• wasteἀπώλειαapōleia · destructionG684

Cross-references for Matthew 26:8

• 1 Samuel 17:28Now when Eliab his oldest brother heard him speaking to the men, Eliab’s anger was kindled against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “So with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your insolence and the wickedness of your heart! For you’ve come down here to watch the battle.”
• Ecclesiastes 4:4Then I saw that all toil and all skill that is done come from man’s envy of his neighbor; this too is fleeting and striving after the wind.
• Mark 14:4But some got angry and said among themselves, “Why was this fragrant oil wasted?
• John 12:4But Judah from Kriot, one of His disciples, the one who was about to betray Him, said,
• Exodus 5:17But he said, “Lazy! You’re lazy! That’s why you were saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to Adonai.’
• Amos 8:5saying: ‘When will the New Moon be over, so we may sell grain? Or Shabbat, so we may open the wheat market? —Let’s reduce the ephah measure and increase the shekel, cheat with deceitful balances,
• Haggai 1:2“Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: ‘This people say the time has not come—the time for the House of Adonai to be rebuilt.’”
• Malachi 1:7“By offering defiled bread on My altar.” But you say, “How did we defile You?” When you say, “The table of Adonai is despicable.”

Commentaries on Matthew 26:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8His disciples - One of them, viz. Judas. This mode of speaking was common among the Hebrews. So, Matthew 27:44, the thieves also, i.e. one of them. So, Matthew 28:17, some doubted, i.e. one, Thomas. See also Genesis 8:4; Judges 12:7; Nehemiah 6:7, etc. By a figure called among rhetoricians enallag, the plural is put for the singular; it is, however, possible that Judas, who made the objection, was followed in the sentiment by the rest of the disciples.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-13Verses 6-13 The pouring ointment upon the head of Christ was a token of the highest respect. Where there is true love in the heart to Jesus Christ, nothing will be thought too good to bestow upon him. The more Christ's servants and their services are cavilled at, the more he manifests his acceptance. This act of faith and love was so remarkable, that it would be reported, as a memorial of Mary's faith and love, to all future ages, and in all places where…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8they were indignant: John 12:4 shows that Judas Iscariot caused this reaction.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 26:8

• Anointing
• Bethany
• Jesus, the Christ
• Love
• Mary
• Parsimony (Stinginess)
• Presumption

In the dictionaries

• Adjure
• Blood
• Covenant
• Cup
• Curse
• Friend
• Guilty
• Heavy
• Hymn
• Kingdom

Commentaries on Matthew 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings