Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Above three hundred pence (epanw dhnariwn triakosiwn). Matthew has "for much" while John 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 John 12:4.
And they murmured against her (kai enebrimwnto auth). Imperfect tense of this striking word used of the snorting of horses and seen already in Mark 1:43; 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.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Mark 14:5:
Matthew 9:30
Mark 1:43
Luke 7:37
John 11:33
John 12:2
John 12:5
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