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Above three hundred pence (epanō dēnariōn triakosiōn). Matthew has “for much” while Joh 12:5 has “for three hundred pence.” The use of “far above” may be a detail from Peter’s memory of Judas’ objection whose name in this connection is preserved in Joh 12:4.
And they murmured against her (kai enebrimōnto autēi). Imperfect tense of this striking word used of the snorting of horses and seen already in Mar 1:43; Joh 11:38. It occurs in the lxx in the sense of anger as here (Daniel 11:30). Judas made the complaint against Mary of Bethany, but all the apostles joined in the chorus of criticism of the wasteful extravagance.