{"id":781,"date":"2010-02-09T05:00:02","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=781"},"modified":"2022-01-20T10:11:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T16:11:30","slug":"john-121-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=781","title":{"rendered":"John 12:1-11"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a01<\/strong><\/sup> Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

2<\/strong><\/sup> There they made Him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with Him.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

3<\/strong><\/sup> Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

4<\/strong><\/sup> But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon\u2019s son, who would betray Him, said,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

5<\/strong><\/sup> \u201cWhy was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

6<\/strong><\/sup> This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

7<\/strong><\/sup> But Jesus said, \u201cLet her alone; she has kept this for the day of My burial.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

8<\/strong><\/sup> For the poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

9<\/strong><\/sup> Now a great many of the Jews knew that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus\u2019 sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

10<\/strong><\/sup> But the chief priests plotted to put Lazarus to death also,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

11<\/strong><\/sup> because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

This event took place on Jesus’s last trip to Jerusalem \u2014 Luke 18:31-33<\/h3>\n

He arrived in Bethany on Friday (v. 1), a week before His death.<\/h3>\n

The meal (v. 2) was at the house of Simon the (former) Leper \u2014 Matthew 26:6<\/span><\/a>.<\/h3>\n

“But Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with Him” (12:2). This illustrated the true Christian position<\/em>. Lazarus had been dead, but now alive from the dead, he is seated<\/em> in the company of the Savior. So it is (positionally) with the believer: “when we are dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ … And hath raised us up together, and made us sit<\/em> together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:5-6<\/span><\/a>). We have been “made meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light” (Colossians 1:12<\/span><\/a>). \u2014 Pink, page 234.<\/span><\/h3>\n

The other disciples were upset by Mary’s extravagance, but Judas was their spokesman, or he incited them by his response \u2014 Matthew 26:8<\/span><\/a>; Mark 14:4. He was upset that Mary gave up her 300 denarii investment, then he himself sold out Christ for only 30 denarii.<\/h3>\n

Judas was the treasurer (v. 6), and he stole from the pot.<\/h3>\n

Mary knew something was up (v. 7), even if she didn’t know the details of Jesus’s death. Her act was anointing Jesus in death.<\/h3>\n

kept (v. 7) = diligently preserved.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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