John 11:2 BSB — MannaFest

John 11:2

(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And it was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

KJV

(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

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Commentary

8 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 7 (Fragments) (444)

With a purpose does the Evangelist make mention of the names of the women, showing that they were distinguished for their piety. Wherefore also the Lord loved them.

The record, by era

The Reformation1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

The woman who was a sinner, of whom Luke gives an account, anointed Christ at Jerusalem, where he dwelt; but Mary afterwards anointed him at Bethany, which was her own village.

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

It was that Mary who afterward anointed, &c. She was more known than her elder sister Martha, and as such is named before her.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Here was a brother named Lazarus; his Hebrew name probably was Eleazar, which being contracted, and a Greek termination put to it, is made Lazarus. Perhaps in prospect of this history our Saviour made use of the name of Lazarus in that parable wherein he designed to set forth the blessedness of the righteous in the bosom of Abraham immediately after death, Luke xvi.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

It was that Mary which anointed - There is much disagreement between learned men relative to the two anointings of our Lord, and the persons who performed these acts. The various conjectures concerning these points the reader will find in the notes on Mat 26:7, etc., but particularly at the end of that chapter. Dr. Lightfoot inquires, Why should Bethany be called the town of Martha and Mary, and not of Lazarus?

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἦν	ēn	Was	G1510 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
Μαριὰμ	Mariam	Mary	G3137 →
ἡ	hē	the [one]	G3588 →
ἀλείψασα	aleipsasa	having anointed	G218 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
κύριον	kurion	Lord	G2962 →
μύρῳ	murō	with fragrant oil	G3464 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐκμάξασα	ekmaxasa	having wiped	G1591 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
πόδας	podas	feet	G4228 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
ταῖς	tais	with the	G3588 →
θριξὶν	thrixin	hair	G2359 →
αὐτῆς,	autēs	of her,	G846 →
ἧς	hēs	whose	G3739 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
ἀδελφὸς	adelphos	brother	G80 →
Λάζαρος	Lazaros	Lazarus	G2976 →
ἠσθένει.	ēsthenei	was sick.	G770 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 12:3
Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the…
leads to
- Matthew 26:6–13
  While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 14:3–9
  While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the…
- Luke 10:38–39
  As they traveled along, Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home.
- Luke 7:37–38
  When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
- John 11:32
  When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
Through
Mark 14:3
While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the…
leads to
- Luke 7:37–39
  When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
- John 12:1–8
  Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
- Song of Solomon 4:13–14
  Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,