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John 12:2 KJV
John · chapter 12 · verse 2
There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.John 12:2 · King James Version
John 12:2 in context
1Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
2There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
3Then 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.
4Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- LazaruslazarosLazarus = " whom God helps" , an inhabitant of Bethany, beloved by Christ and…G2976 →
- supperdeipnonsupper, especially a formal meal usually held at the evening,, used of the Messiah s…G1173 →
- MarthamarthaMartha = " she was rebellious" , was the sister of Lazarus and Mary of BethanyG3136 →
- serveddiakoneōto be a servant, attendant, domestic, to serve, wait upon, to minister to one, render…G1247 →
- tablesynanakeimaito recline together, feast together, of guestsG4873 →
- madepoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
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In these verses we have, I. The kind visit our Lord Jesus paid to his friends at Bethany, Joh 12:1. He came up out of the country, six days before the passover, and took up at Bethany, a town which, according to the computation of our metropolis, lay so near Jerusalem as to be within the bills of mortality.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11