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The Anointing at Bethany

1 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, awhere Lazarus was who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead.  
2 aThere they made Him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with Him.  
3 Then aMary took a pound of very costly oil of bspikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.  
4 But one of His disciples, aJudas Iscariot, Simon’s son, who would betray Him, said,  
5 “Why was this fragrant oil not sold for1 three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”  
6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and ahad the money box; and he used to take what was put in it.  
7 But Jesus said, “Let her alone;1 she has kept this for the day of My burial.  
8 For athe poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always.”  

The Plot to Kill Lazarus

9 Now a great many of the Jews knew that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, awhom He had raised from the dead.  
10 aBut the chief priests plotted to put Lazarus to death also,  
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No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for John 12:3.

John 12:3-8

Here we see the true character of Judas come through. This is a man that was full of greed. He was a thief, self-centered.

How bold was he that he was rebuking Mary and Jesus! And you know, in Mark it says that the other disciples murmured. That gives you an idea of the influence of Judas on the other disciples. I was thinking, you know, with this, I would say that Judas may have been up for an Academy Award because what he was saying was not what was in his heart.

He had the other disciples deceived. They had no idea that he was a thief. They had no idea that he was so self-centered. Mary gave everything to honor Jesus.

Judas was silently calculating what he could take from Him. It is just an interesting thought. And the rebuke Jesus gave to Judas appears to have been the last straw. No doubt, Judas became incensed because the very next verse, Judas is going to the religious leaders, the authorities, to sell out Christ.

Excerpted from Judas Iscariot

 
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