“And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?”
Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, why this waste of perfume? — the indignation (with oneself, aganaktountes) communicates genuine moral outrage at what seems like fiscal irresponsibility. John 12:4–5 identifies the objection with Judas; Mark generalizes it to some of those present. The waste argument applies economic logic to a context that transcends economic logic.
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