Matthew 26:8
But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
KJV
ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ ἠγανάκτησαν λέγοντες· εἰς τί ἡ ἀπώλεια αὕτη;
Greek NT
Videntes autem discipuli, indignati sunt, dicentes : Ut quid perditio hæc ?
Vulgate
But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
ASV
And the disciples seeing it had indignation, saying: To what purpose is this waste?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀγανακτέω
aganakteo
verb · 7×
ἀπώλεια
apoleia
noun · 18×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: μαθηταὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: μαθηταὶ | RP: + αὐτοῦ
- μαθηταὶ — SBLGNT
- μαθηταὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + αὐτοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont
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Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Exod 5:17 — But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.
- John 12:4 — Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,
- John 12:5 — Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
- Mark 14:4 — And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
- Mark 14:4 — And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?