John 12:1

Ὁ οὖν Ἰησοῦς … Βηθανίαν. οὖν takes us back to John 11:55; the Passover being at hand, Jesus therefore came to Bethany. πρὸ ἓξ ἡμερῶν τοῦ πάσχα, not, as Vulgate, “ante sex dies Paschae,” but with Beza “sex ante Pascha diebus”. So Amos 1:1, πρὸ δύο ἐτῶν τοῦ σεισμοῦ. Josephus, Antiq., xv. 14, πρὸ μιᾶς ἡμέρας τῆς ἑορτῆς. Other examples in Kypke; cf. John 10:18; John 21:8, and see Viereck's Sermo Graecus, p. 81. Six days before the Passover probably means the Sabbath before His death. According to John Jesus died on Friday, and six days before that would be a Sabbath. But it is difficult to ascertain with exactness what day is intended. Bethany is now described as the place ὅπου ἦν Λάζαρος ὁ τεθνηκώς. This description is given to explain what follows.