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“Why wasn’t this oil sold for 300 silver coins[a] and the money[b] given to the poor?”

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  1. John 12:5 tn Grk “300 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. John 12:5 tn The words “the money” are not in the Greek text, but are implied (as the proceeds from the sale of the perfumed oil).

“Why was this fragrant oil not sold for [a]three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”

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  1. John 12:5 About one year’s wages for a worker