Matthew 26:9

“For this ointment might have been sold for much, etc.] Mark says, “for more than three hundred pence”, (<411405>Mark 14:5): now if this is to be understood of Roman pence, each penny being seven pence half penny of our money, three hundred pence come to nine pounds, seven shillings, and six pence; but if it is to be understood of the penny of the sanctuary, which was one shilling and three pence, they come to just as much more: it might well be called very precious and costly ointment; and this was the reason of the disciples indignation, that so much cost and expense should be thrown away, as they thought, in such a manner, which might have been applied, in their opinion, to a better…”

“Jos 7:20, Jos 7:21; Sa1 15:9, Sa1 15:21; Kg2 5:20; Mar 14:5; Joh 12:5, Joh 12:6; Pe2 2:15 Matthew 26:10”