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John 12:1-7

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

1. Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2. There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. 3. Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 4. Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s [son], which should betray him, 5. Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? 6. This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. 7. Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

John 12:1-7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on John 12:1

Theological / Devotional

Then Jesus. [Simon’s Feast, John 12:1-9=Matt. 26:6-13=Mark 14:3-9=Luke 7:36-50. Major comment: Matthew and Luke. See Closing Ministry at Jerusalem; The Duration of Christ’s Ministry, the Opening of the Galilean Ministry, The Ministry of Our Lord.] For a discussion of the relationship of this feast to that recorded in the other Gospels see Additional Note on Luke 7.

Six days before the passover. The dinner probably took place the night of the Sabbath preceding the crucifixion (see on Matt. 21:1 ; 26:3), which would technically be on the first day of the week (see Vol. II, p. 101). This would be exactly six days, inclusive reckoning (see Vol. I, p. 182), before the Passover, which fell on Friday (see Additional Notes on Matt. 26, Note 1).

Where Lazarus was. See on ch. 11:1.

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