Not because he cared for the poor (ουχ οτ περ των πτωχων εμελεν αυτω). Literally, "not because it was a care to him concerning the…

Had the bag. The word translated bag is compounded of two words, meaning "tongue," and "to keep or preserve." It was used to deno…

This verse, which follows from the reference to Judas, is of course, like that reference, peculiar to Saint John.

But because he…

Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house wa…

Alcuin of York: As the time approached in which our Lord had resolved to suffer, He approached the place He had chosen for Hi…

Judas Iscariot reappears here (cf. 6:70–71, the only previous mention of him in this gospel). Jesus knew Judas’s tendencies and was well aware of h…

Because he was a thief. The rest of the Apostles, not from any bad disposition, but thoughtlessly, condemn Mary. But Judas resorts to a pl…

This he said, not that he cared for the poor
He had no affection for them, and was unconcerned about them, and took …

Christ had formerly blamed Martha for being troubled with much serving. But she did not stop serving, as some who, when criticized for going too fa…

1. Until now, the Evangelist has been showing the power of Christ’s divinity by what he did and taught during his public life. Now he begins…