John 12:1

So then Jesus came six days before the Passover, to Bethany, where Lazarus was whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

Montgomery 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

2So they gave a dinner for him there, and Martha served it; but Lazarus was one of those who reclined with him at table.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:17So he left them and went outside the city, to Bethany, and spent the night there.

Mark 11:11Then he entered Jerusalem and went into the Temple, and after he had looked around at everything, as the hour was now late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

Luke 24:50And he led them out until they were over against Bethany; and he lifted up his hands and blessed them.

John 11:44Out came the dead man, wrapped hand and foot with grave-clothes, and his face bound up in a napkin. Jesus said to them, "Untie him, and let him go."

John 12:20Now there were certain Greeks among those who had come up to worship during the Passover 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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