John 12:1 - Forerunner Commentary

John 12:1

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,

11 ^abecause on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.

The Triumphal Entry

12 ^aThe next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

13 took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out:
“Hosanna!
^a‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’
The King of Israel!”

Verse Comparison: John 12:1

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American Standard Version
Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.

Amplified® Bible
SO SIX days before the Passover Feast, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had died and whom He had raised from the dead.

Contemporary English Version
Six days before Passover Jesus went back to Bethany, where he had raised Lazarus from death.

Darby English Version
Jesus therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where was the dead [man] Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from among [the] dead.

Good News Bible
Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, the man he had raised from death.

International Standard Version
Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived in Bethany, where Lazarus lived, the man whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

King James Version
Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

New American Standard Bible
Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

New International Version
Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived at Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

New King James Version
Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus, therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where was Lazarus, who had died, whom he raised out of the dead;

New English Translation
Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he¹ had raised from the dead.

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