How Wealthy Were Some of Jesus' Disciples?

John 12: 3 "Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume."

What is "Nard?" Spikenard, also called nard, nardin, and muskroot?

The amber colored essential oil was known in ancient times and was part of the Ayurvedic herbal tradition of India. It grew in the Himalayas. It was obtained as a luxury in ancient Egypt, the Near East. In Rome, it was the main ingredient of the perfume nardinum (O.L. náladam), derived from the Hebrew שבלת נֵרד (shebolet nerd, head of nard bunch), which was part of the Ketoret (Incense offering), used when referring to the consecrated incense described in the Hebrew Bible and Talmud. It was very expensive. One pound in today's American currency would be the equivalent of roughly $20,000.

In addition to what Mary of Bethany did in anointing Jesus with a very potent perfume, when His body was taken down from the cross, Nic…