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John 12:5

Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

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Διὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.τίtiWhyτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “Why”, the object formG5101who, which, what, why.Whyτοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.thisτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μύρονmuronointmentμύρονnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “ointment”, the subject formG3464anointing-oil, ointment.This verse uses “ointment”.ointmentοὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.ἐπράθηeprathēsoldπιπράσκω (pipraskō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “sold”, a single actionG4097I sell; pass: I am a slave to, am devoted to.soldτριακοσίωνtriakosiōnfor three hundredτριακόσιοι (triakosioi)adjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “for three hundred”, the of-formG5145three hundred.for three hundredδηναρίωνdēnariōnpenceδηνάριον (dēnarion)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “pence”, the of-formG1220a denarius, a small Roman silver coin.penceκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐδόθηedothēgivenδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “given”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.givenπτωχοῖςptōchoisto the poorπτωχός (ptōchos)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “to the poor”, the to- or for-formG4434poor, destitute, spiritually poor, either in a good sense (humble devout persons) or bad.This verse uses “poor”.to the poor

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'Wherefore was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries, and given to the poor?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given to the poor?

Young’s Literal Translation

'Wherefore was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries, and given to the poor?'

World English Bible

“Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”

Darby Translation

Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?

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