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John 12:2
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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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Definitions of words in John 12:2:


Lazarus {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Lazarus {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Lazarus {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Martha {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Martha {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Martha {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

One {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Supper {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Supper {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Table {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}



Other definition entries containing John 12:2:

Bethany {I.S.B.E.}
Jesus Christ, 4e1 {I.S.B.E.}
Mary {I.S.B.E.}
Olives, Mount Of {I.S.B.E.}


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