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John 12:4
Then saith one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray Him,
Then saith one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray Him,
JOHN 12:4 VIou,daj o` VIskariw,thj ei-j @evk# tw/n maqhtw/n auvtou/ The identification of Judas as Si,mwnoj (A K X D Q P Y 065 ¦13 28 _Byz_) or as...
See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 26:3. John 12:2 A SUPPER - At the house of Simon the leper, Matthew 26:6....
CHAPTER 12 1. The Feast at Bethany. (John 12:1 .) 2. The Entrance into Jerusalem. (John 12:9 .) 3. The Inquiring Greeks and His Answer. (John 12:20 .) 4. His Final Words. ...
JOHN 12. THE FINAL SCENES IN THE PUBLIC MANIFESTATION. John 12:1. The Anointing. The scene is the same as that recorded by Mt. and Mk. Luke 7:36 represents a different incident, or at least a widely...
THEN SAITH ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES, JUDAS ISCARIOT. Matthew (26:8) states that "_ the disciples_ " had indignation; Mark reports that "_ some_ had indignation;" John (12:4), as knowing who had whispered...
LOVE'S EXTRAVAGANCE (John 12:1-8)...
Now six days before the Passover Jesus went to Bethany, where Lazarus was whom he raised from the dead. So they made him a meal there, and Martha was serving while Lazarus was one of those who recline...
OF. out of. Greek. _ek._ App-104. JUDAS ISCARIOT. See note on John 6:71. SIMON'S SON. These words are omitted by. Tr. WH. here, but found in all the texts in John 6:71; John 13:2, and John 26. In som...
_Then saith_, &c. Rather, BUT _Judas Iscariot_, &c. The best authorities omit -Simon's son." _one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot_ S. Mark says quite indefinitely, -some," S. Matthew, -his disciples....
The Judgment of Men Note the dramatic contrast between the different sections of this division; the devotion of Mary and the enmity of the hierarchy, Christ's triumph and the Pharisees" discomfiture,...
ἸΟΎΔΑΣ Ὁ ἸΣΚ. S. Mark (Mark 14:4) says, quite indefinitely, τινες; S. Matthew (Matthew 26:8), οἱ μαθηταί. Each probably states just what he knew; S. Mark that the remark was made; S. Matthew that it c...
THE JUDGMENT OF MEN Note the dramatic contrast between the different sections of this division; the devotion of Mary and the enmity of the priests, Christ’s triumph and the Pharisees’ discomfiture, t...
THE DEVOTION OF MARY...
Ver 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...
_JESUS WAS ANOINTED AT BETHANY -- JOHN 12:1-11:_ Jesus often visited Bethany, the home of His friends Lazarus, Martha and Mary. This visit was special because Jesus had just raised Lazarus from the gr...
ΜΈΛΛΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΜΈΛΛΩ (G3195) собираться (_см._ John 6:6). _Adj. part._ изображает в определенном свете действия Иуды, ΠΑΡΑΔΙΔΌΝΑΙ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΠΑΡΑΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G3860) предавать. _I...
AN ACT OF LOVEWITH OMINOUS OVERTONES _Text 12:1-11_ 1 Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead. 2 So they made him a supper...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 12:1-11 Below is an Analysis of the passage which we are about to study:— What is recorded in John 12 occurred during the last week before our Lord’s death. In...
Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. For the exposition of this portion, see the notes at Mark 14:3, and Rem...
49 The high priest's prophecy is another clear indication of the overruling and sovereign power of God. His enemies fulfill His will even when they are most opposed to His plans and purpose, as they s...
THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC MINISTRY 1-11. Supper at Bethany (see on Matthew 26:6 and Mark 14:3, which record the same incident). The event in Luke 7:36. is different. The supper was at t...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 12 MARY POURS EXPENSIVE *PERFUME OVER JESUS’ FEET 12:1-11 V1 Six (6) days before the *Passover, Jesus returned to Betha...
THEN SAITH ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES, JUDAS ISCARIOT. — Comp. Notes on John 6:70. St. Matthew tells us that the question was asked by “the disciples;” St. Mark, that it was asked by “certain persons;” St....
I. _ THE ANOINTING OF JESUS._ "Jesus therefore six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead. So they made Him a supper there: and Martha served; but...
Hence the οὖν in John 12:4, λέγει οὖν εἶς … πτωχοῖς; “one” of His disciples. Matthew (Matthew 26:8) leaves all the disciples under the reproach, which John transfers to Judas alone. On the designation...
LOVE'S FRAGRANT GIFT John 12:1-11 Martha's service reminds us of Luke 10:41. The earlier Gospels (Matthew 26:1-75; Mark 14:1-72) do not mention Mary's name, probably because the whole family might ha...
The shadows of the Passion were now falling across the path of the Christ. In what happened at the supper we have a vivid contrast. Mary and Judas arrest our attention. She, discovering the sorrows of...
THE SUPPER AT BETHANY Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9; John 12:2-8. _“Then they made for Him a supper there, and Martha served; and Lazarus was one of those sitting along with Him.”_ Matthew and Mark say...
I. THE SUPPER AT BETHANY: JOHN 12:1-11. In the presence of the great struggle of whose approach every one has a presentiment, the devotion of the friends of Jesus becomes loftier; by way of counter-st...
“ _Then one of his disciples, Judas, the son of Simon, the Iscariot_, _he who was soon to betray him, says:_ 5. _Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denarii and the price given to the poo...
SECOND SECTION: 12:1-36. THE LAST DAYS OF THE MINISTRY OF JESUS. This section includes three parts: 1. The supper of Jesus at Bethany: John 12:1 to John 11:2. His entry into Jerusalem: John 12:12 to...
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...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
4._One of his disciples, therefore, saith. _Next follows the murmuring of Judas, which Matthew (Matthew 16:8) attributes to the disciples indiscriminately, and Mark (Mark 14:4) to _some _of them; but...
His place (chapter 12) now is with the remnant, where His heart found rest the house of Bethany. We have, in this family, a sample of the true remnant of Israel, three different cases with regard to t...
THEN SAITH ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES,.... Who had no true love for his master, was an hypocrite, and a covetous person: JUDAS ISCARIOT; so called, to distinguish him from another Judas, an apostle; Matthe...
Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's _son_, which should betray him, Ver. 4. _Then said one of his disciples_] St Matthew tells us, that all the disciples said thus. Judas was of...
_Then took Mary a pound of ointment_, &c. See notes on Matthew 26:6; Mark 14:1. She did what is here related in token of the warm sense she had of the many favours Christ had conferred on her and her...
Christ's feet anointed by Mary. Matthew 26:6-13; MARK 14:3-9....
A SUPPER FOR HIM AT BETHANY (vs.1-8) Six days before the Passover He returned to the area of Jerusalem, coming by way of Jericho, as Luke shows us (Luke 19:1). These days He spent in ministering mai...
1-11 Christ had formerly blamed Martha for being troubled with much serving. But she did not leave off serving, as some, who when found fault with for going too far in one way, peevishly run too far...
SEE POOLE ON "1 THESSALONIANS 12:3...
John 12:4 Then G3767 one G1520 of G1537 His G846 disciples G3101 Judas G2455 Iscariot G2469 Simons G4613 who...
‘But Jesus Iscariot, one of his disciples, the one who would betray him, said, “Why wasn't this perfume sold for 300 denarii, and given to the poor?” He said this, not because he cared for the poor, b...
JESUS IS ANOINTED (JOHN 12:1). This incident is significant in that it is unintentionally prophetic. By her action in anointing Jesus, Mary is intending to proclaim her gratitude and love, but what s...
John 12:4. BUT JUDAS ISCARIOT, ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES, HE THAT was ABOUT TO BETRAY HIM, SAITH. After the picture of the highest loving homage to Him whom the Jewish rulers had adjudged to death, the Eva...
Jesus has been doomed to death (John 11:53; John 11:57), and the hour is at hand when He shall be seized, and the sentence executed. But the malice of man cannot interfere with the purposes of God. In...
JUDAS ISCARIOT (Ιουδας ο Ισκαριωτης). See ο Ισκαριωτης in John 14:22. See John 6:71; John 13:1 for like description of Judas save that in John 6:71 the father's na...
John 12:1. _Then Jesus, six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. There they made him a supper, and Martha served: but Lazarus...
John 12:1. _Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. There they made him a supper;_ It was in the house of Simon t...
John 12:1. _Then Jesus six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead._ The days Christ was to spend upon the earth were getting to...
CONTENTS: The supper at Bethany. The triumphal entry. Jesus' answer to Greeks. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Lazarus, Mary, Martha, disciples, Judas, Philip, Andrew, Isaiah, Pharisees. CONCLUSION: The most plen...
John 12:1. _Six days before the passover._ The Hebrew sabbath was kept from sunset to sunset. The worship of the day being closed, the jews indulged in a good supper after the light food of the day. T...
THEY PREPARED A DINNER FOR HIM. For notes on this dinner and the anointing, see Matthew 26:6-16. FOR THE DAY OF MY BURIAL. Before the week ended, he would be in the grave. It was the custom to anoint...
_Then Jesus six days before the Passover._ --The following calendar of the Passover week is taken from Lightfoot (2.586): NISAN IX;_ The Sabbath_. Six days before the Passover, Jesus sups with Lazar...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 12:1 When Mary of Bethany anoints Jesus (compare Matthew 26:6; Mark 14:3), it anticipates Jesus’ arrest, cruc
A WOMAN ANOINTS JESUS WITH PERFUME MATTHEW 26:6-13; MARK 14:3-9; JOHN 12:1-8; MATTHEW 26:6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Sim
1-50 CHAPTER 12 Ver. 1. _Then Jesus six days before the Passover_, &c. He came from Ephraim, as the Passover was drawing on when He was to die. And He came to Bethany to prepare Himself for it; nay m...
_Then said one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot_, (5.) _why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?_ SS. Matt. and Mark add, "Why was this waste of the ointment made...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 12:1. See Homiletic Note, p. 341. John 12:2. The Synoptists inform us that it was in the house of Simon the leper (Matthew 26:6;...
EXPOSITION The twelfth chapter neither belongs intrinsically to that which precedes nor to that which follows. It is a paragraph of high significance, as bearing on the construction of the Gospel. It...
Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he had raised from the dead. They made him a supper; and Martha served [typical of Martha]: but Laz...
1 Samuel 17:28; 1 Samuel 17:29; Ecclesiastes 4:4; John 13:2; John 13:2
Simon's son. Omit....
MARY ANOINTING HER LORD John 12:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are now coming to the close of the life of our Master presenting the third of three Bible scenes centering around Martha, Mary, and Lazarus....