Mark 4:40

4:40 And he said to them, “Why are you cowardly? Do you still not have faith?”

Mark 14:4

14:4 But some who were present indignantly said to one another, “Why this waste of expensive ointment?

Mark 14:63

14:63 Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “Why do we still need witnesses?

Mark 15:14

15:14 Pilate asked them, “Why? What has he done wrong?” But they shouted more insistently, “Crucify him!”

tn The word “expensive” is not in the Greek text but has been included to suggest a connection to the lengthy phrase “costly aromatic oil from pure nard” occurring earlier in v. 3. The author of Mark shortened this long phrase to just one word in Greek when repeated here, and the phrase “expensive ointment” used in the translation is intended as an abbreviated paraphrase.