Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Martha served--This, with what is afterwards said of Mary's way of honoring her Lord, is so true to the character in which those two women appear in Luke 10:38-42, as to constitute one of the strongest and most delightful confirmations of the truth of both narratives. (See also on John 11:20).
Lazarus . . . sat at the table--"Between the raised Lazarus and the healed leper (Simon, Mark 14:3), the Lord probably sits as between two trophies of His glory" [STIER].
THE ANOINTING AT BETHANY. (John 12:1-11)
six days before the passover--that is, on the sixth day before it; probably after sunset on Friday evening, or the commencement of the Jewish sabbath preceding the passover.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Mark 14:1
John 12:1-8
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