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John 12:7 KJV
John · chapter 12 · verse 7
Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.John 12:7 · King James Version
John 12:7 in context
5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
8For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
9Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- againsteisinto, unto, to, towards, for, amongG1519 →
- buryingentaphiasmospreparation of a body for burialG1780 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- aloneaphiēmito send away, to bid going away or depart, of a husband divorcing his wife, to send…G863 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- kepttēreōto attend to carefully, take care of, to guard, metaph. to keep, one in the state in…G5083 →
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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