John 12:1
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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
- KJV
- Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
- WEB
- Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
- ASV
- Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.
- DARBY
- Jesus therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where was the dead [man] Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from among [the] dead.
- BLB
- Therefore Jesus, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised out from the dead.
- ÅB
- Seks dager før påske kom da Jesus til Betania, hvor Lasarus var, han som Jesus hadde oppvakt fra de døde.
- OTB
- Seks dager før påsken kom Jesus til Betania, hvor Lasarus var, han som Jesus hadde oppreist fra de døde.
- B1930
- Seks dager før påske kom da Jesus til Betania, hvor Lasarus var, han som Jesus hadde opvakt fra de døde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 14:3–8
And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
Read in contextLuke 24:50
And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
Read in contextJohn 11:1
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
Read in contextMatthew 21:17
And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
Read in contextJohn 11:55
And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
Read in contextMatthew 26:6–11
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Read in contextJohn 11:44
And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
Read in contextMark 11:11
And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.
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