John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 26:8
8 But when his disciples saw it , they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? Ver. 8. They had indignation ] Not all, but one of them was displeased, viz. Judas (as John explains Matthew), who yet was of such esteem and authority among the disciples, that what he did they are all said to do, and possibly they might, some of them, be drawn to do the same by his example, and upon so specious a pretence of charity to the poor. To what purpose is this waste? ] All seems to be... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 26:7
7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat . Ver. 7. An alabaster box of very precious, &c. ] Pliny telleth us that they were wont to keep the most costly ointments in boxes of alabaster. And Herodotus reckoneth μυρου αλαβαστρον , an alabaster box of ointment, among the precious things that Cambyses the Persian sent for a present to the king of Ethiopia. Mary thought nothing too costly for Christ. See... read more