John 12:1

And six days before the passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where was that Lazarus whom Jesus raised from the dead.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

2And they made a supper for him there: and Martha served, and Lazarus was one of the guests with him.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:17thou hast acquired praise? And he left them, and retired out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.

Mark 11:11And Jesus entered Jerusalem and the temple, and surveyed every thing. And when evening arrived, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

Luke 24:50And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifted his hands, and blessed them.

John 11:44And the dead man came forth, with his hands and his feet swathed with bandages, and his face with a napkin. Jesus said to them: Loose him, and let him go.

John 12:20And there were also among the people, some who had come 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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