John 12:1

JESUS then before the days of the passover came to Bethany, where the deceased Lazarus was, whom he had raised from the dead.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The 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.

In Context

2Therefore they made him a supper there; and Martha waited: but Lazarus was one of those who sat at table with him.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:17And turning his back upon them, he went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.

Mark 11:11And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and looking round about upon all things, it being now even-tide, he departed to Bethany with the twelve.

Luke 24:50And he led them without the city as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them.

John 11:44And the deceased came forth, his feet and his hands wrapped with the linen swathes; and his face bound round with a napkin. Jesus saith to them, Loose him, and let him go!

John 12:20Now there were certain Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast:

Matthew Henry on John 12:1

It was a melancholy account which we had in the close of the foregoing chapter of the dishonour done to our Lord Jesus, when the scribes and Pharisees proclaimed him a traitor to their church, and put upon him all the marks of ignominy they could: but the story of this chapter balances that, by giving us an account of the honour done to the Redeemer, notwithstanding all that reproach thrown upon him. Thus the one was set over against the other. Let us see what honours were heaped on the head of the Lord Jesus,… Read the whole commentary →

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