King James Version
Matthew 26:8 in the King James Version says “But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 26 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?”
Matthew 26:8 · KJV
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
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.
But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“saw”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“when his”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“it they had indignation”
G23to be greatly afflicted, i.e., (figuratively) indignant
“saying”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“To”
G1519to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
“what purpose”
G5101an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
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