Lesson 4537

 (Lesson 4537)(07-05-24) John 12:1-11 

“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 was one of them that sat at the table with him. Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him, Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this. For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always. Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.” 

 

In today’s quote, six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived in Bethany, where Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead, lived. A dinner was held in Jesus' honor, and Martha served while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table. Mary anointed Jesus' feet with expensive perfume and wiped them with her hair. Judas Iscariot criticized her, suggesting that the perfume could have been sold to help the poor, but Jesus defended Mary, stating that she was preparing Him for His eventual burial. Jesus reminded them that they would always have the poor, but that they would not always have Him. Meanwhile, many Jews learned that Jesus was in Bethany and came not only to see Him but also to see Lazarus. The chief priests plotted to kill Lazarus also because many of the Jews were believing in Jesus because Jesus had raised Lazarus from among the dead. ~