John 12:11
because that for his sake many of the Iewes went awaye and beleved on Iesus.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.
In Context
10The hye prestes therfore held a counsell that they myght put Lazarus to deeth also
Cross References
John 7:31Many of the people beleved on him and sayde: when Christ cometh will he do moo miracles then this man hath done?
John 11:48Yf we let him scape thus all men will beleve on him and the Romaynes shall come and take awaye oure countre and the people.
John 15:18Yf the worlde hate you ye knowe that he hated me before he hated you.
James 3:14But Yf ye have bitter envyinge and stryfe in youre hertes reioyce not: nether be lyars agaynst the trueth.
Matthew Henry on John 12:2-12
Mary Anoints Christ's Feet; Hypocrisy of Judas; Indignation of the Chief Priests. 1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. 3 Then 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. 4 Then… Read the whole commentary →