John 12:2

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

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

In Context

1So then Jesus came six days before the Passover, to Bethany, where Lazarus was whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

3Then Mary took a pound of pure spikenard, very costly, and poured it over his feet, and wiped his feet with her hair, and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:6While Jesus was staying in Bethany, in the house of Simon the Leper,

Luke 5:29Levi also made him a great reception at his house. There was a large party of tax-gatherers and others who were dining with them.

Luke 12:37"Happy are those slaves whom their master shall find watching when he comes. I tell you truly that will gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and come and serve them.

Luke 22:27"For which is greater, he who sits at table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at table? But I am in your midst as one who serves.

John 12:9When the great mass of the Jews learned that Jesus was there, they came not alone because of Jesus, but to see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

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 →

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