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English Revised Version

John 12:1

Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bethany;   Hospitality;   Jesus, the Christ;   Lazarus;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bethany;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bethany;   Lazarus;   Martha;   Mary;   Simon;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Bethany;   Lazarus;   Martha;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Death of Christ;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Judgment, Last;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bethany;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - John, the Gospel According to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Banquet;   Hour;   Mary;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jesus Christ;   John, Gospel of;   Lazarus;   Martha;   Mary;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Anointing (2);   Bethany ;   Dates (2);   Eschatology;   Guest-Chamber;   Home (2);   Martha ;   Mary;   Mount of Olives ;   Passion Week;   Premeditation;   Preparation ;   Property (2);   Purim;   Sabbath ;   Sisters;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bethany ;   Lazarus ;   Martha ;   Mary, Sister of Lazarus and Martha;   Simon ;   Song of Solomon;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Bethany;   Martha;   Passover;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lazarus;   Martha;   Smith Bible Dictionary - John, Gospel of;   Si'mon;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Mary;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - John, Gospel of;   Joy;   Lazarus;   Lord's Supper (Eucharist);   Martha;   Mary;   Olives, Mount of;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Bethany;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, the one Jesus had raised from the dead.
King James Version (1611)
Then Iesus, sixe dayes before the Passouer, came to Bethanie, where Lazarus was, which had bene dead, whom hee raised from the dead.
King James Version
Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
English Standard Version
Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
New American Standard Bible
Therefore, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
New Century Version
Six days before the Passover Feast, Jesus went to Bethany, where Lazarus lived. (Lazarus is the man Jesus raised from the dead.)
Amplified Bible
Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom He had raised from the dead.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
Berean Standard Bible
Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
Contemporary English Version
Six days before Passover Jesus went back to Bethany, where he had raised Lazarus from death.
Complete Jewish Bible
Six days before Pesach, Yeshua came to Beit-Anyah, where El‘azar lived, the man Yeshua had raised from the dead;
Darby Translation
Jesus therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where was the dead [man] Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from among [the] dead.
Easy-to-Read Version
Six days before the Passover festival, Jesus went to Bethany. That is where Lazarus lived, the man Jesus raised from death.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Iesus, sixe dayes before the Passeouer, came to Bethania, where Lazarus was, who died, whom he had raised from the dead.
George Lamsa Translation
SIX days before the passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
Good News Translation
Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, the man he had raised from death.
Lexham English Bible
Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
Literal Translation
Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had died, whom He raised from the dead.
American Standard Version
Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.
Bible in Basic English
Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had made to come back from the dead.
Hebrew Names Version
Therefore six days before the Pesach, Yeshua came to Beit-Anyah, where El'azar was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
International Standard Version
Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived in Bethany, where Lazarus lived,was">[fn] the man whom Jesus had raised from the dead.John 11:1,43;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
But Jeshu six days before the petscha came to Bethania, where Loozar was, he whom Jeshu had raised from among the dead. [fn]
Murdock Translation
And six days before the passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where was that Lazarus whom Jesus raised from the dead.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then Iesus, sixe dayes before the Passouer, came to Bethanie, where Lazarus had ben dead, whom he raysed from death.
World English Bible
Therefore six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then Jesus, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he had raised from the dead.
Weymouth's New Testament
Jesus, however, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was whom He had raised from the dead.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Jhesus bifor sixe daies of pask cam to Bethanye, where Lazarus hadde be deed, whom Jhesus reiside.
Update Bible Version
Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then Jesus, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
New English Translation
Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead.
New King James Version
Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, [fn] whom He had raised from the dead.
New Living Translation
Six days before the Passover celebration began, Jesus arrived in Bethany, the home of Lazarus—the man he had raised from the dead.
New Life Bible
It was six days before the special religious gathering to remember how the Jews left Egypt. Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus lived. Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead.
New Revised Standard
Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus, therefore, six days before the passover, came unto Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from among the dead.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus therefore, six days before the pasch, came to Bethania, where Lazarus had been dead, whom Jesus raised to life.
Revised Standard Version
Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Laz'arus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then Iesus sixe dayes before ester came to Bethany where Lazarus was which was deed and who Iesus raysed from deeth.
Young's Literal Translation
Jesus, therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where was Lazarus, who had died, whom he raised out of the dead;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Sixe dayes before Easter came Iesus vnto Bethanye, where Lazarus was, which was deed, whom Iesus raysed vp from the deed.
Mace New Testament (1729)
Six days before the passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, and raised to life again.
THE MESSAGE
Six days before Passover, Jesus entered Bethany where Lazarus, so recently raised from the dead, was living. Lazarus and his sisters invited Jesus to dinner at their home. Martha served. Lazarus was one of those sitting at the table with them. Mary came in with a jar of very expensive aromatic oils, anointed and massaged Jesus' feet, and then wiped them with her hair. The fragrance of the oils filled the house.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Six days before the Passover party, Jesus rode up to Bethany to visit Lazarus and his sisters.

Contextual Overview

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 there: and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them that sat at meat with him. 3 Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of spikenard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, which should betray him, saith, 5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? 6 Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein. 7 Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying. 8 For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always. 9 The common people therefore of the Jews learned 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. 10 But the chief priests took counsel that they might put Lazarus also to death;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

six: John 11:55

Bethany: John 11:1, John 11:44, Matthew 21:17, Mark 11:11, Luke 24:50

Reciprocal: Exodus 12:3 - in the tenth Matthew 8:15 - and ministered Matthew 26:2 - the feast Matthew 26:6 - in Bethany Mark 14:3 - being Luke 10:38 - a certain Luke 21:37 - the day time John 6:4 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing:
Genesis 12:3
and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 12:6
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
Genesis 12:10
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.
Genesis 12:11
And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
Genesis 15:7
And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
Nehemiah 9:7
Then art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
Isaiah 41:9
thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the corners thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away;
Isaiah 51:2
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.
Ezekiel 33:24
Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Jesus, six days before the passover,.... Or "before the six days of the passover"; not as designing the days of that feast, for they were seven; but as reckoning so many days back from it, that is, before the sixth day from the ensuing passover: if there were six complete days between this and the passover, as this way of speaking seems to imply; then this must be the day before the Jewish sabbath, and this is more likely, than that Christ should travel on the sabbath day: but if this was the sixth day before it, it was their sabbath day, and so at the going out of it in the evening, a supper was made for him, which with the Jews on that night, was a plentiful one; for they remembered the sabbath in its going out, as well as in its coming in e, and this was to prevent grief at the going out of it: so some days before the passover, the lamb was separated from the flock, and kept up till the fourteenth day, Exodus 12:3 particularly it may be observed, that seven days before the day of atonement, the high priest was separated from his own house, and had to the chamber Palhedrin f; and much such a space of time there was, between the day of the great atonement by Christ, and his unction by Mary; which is said to be against the day of his burial, which being the same day with his sufferings, was the great day of atonement: at this time Jesus

came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead; the last clause is left out in the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions:

whom he raised from the dead; that is, "Jesus", as the Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions express; and the Ethiopic version adds, "in Bethany". This was the town of Lazarus; here he lived, and here he died, and here he was raised from the dead; and here he continued and dwelt, after his resurrection; and hither Christ came to see him, and the rest of the family, though he knew he exposed himself to danger in so doing.

e Maimon. Hilchot Sabbat. c. 29. sect. 1. 11, 12, 29. f Misn. Yoma, c. 1. sect. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then Jesus came to Bethany - This was near to Jerusalem, and it was from this place that he made his triumphant entry into the city. See the notes at Matthew 21:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XII.

Jesus sups at the house of Lazarus, and Mary anoints his feet,

1-3.

Judas Iscariot finds fault, and reproves her, 4-6.

Jesus vindicates Mary and reproves Judas, 7, 8.

The chief priests consult to put Lazarus to death, because that

through him many believed on Jesus, 9-11.

He enters Jerusalem in triumph; the people meet him, and the

Pharisees are troubled, 12-19.

Greeks inquire after Jesus, 20-22.

Our Lord's discourse on the subject, 23-26.

Speaks of his passion, and is answered by a voice from heaven,

27, 28.

The people are astonished at the voice, and Jesus explains it

to them, and foretells his death, 29-33.

They question him concerning the perpetuity of the Messiah, and

he instructs them, 34-36.

Many believe not; and in them the saying of Isaiah is fulfilled,

37-41.

Some of the chief rulers believe, but are afraid to confess him,

42, 43.

He proclaims himself the light of the world, and shows the

danger of rejecting his words, 44-50.

NOTES ON CHAP. XII.

Verse John 12:1. Six days before the Passover — Reckoning the day of the Passover to be the last of the six. Our Lord came on our Sabbath, the first day of the Jewish week, to Bethany, where he supped; and on the next day he made his public entry into Jerusalem: John 12:12. Calmet thinks that this was about two months after the resurrection of Lazarus, on the 9th of Nisan, (March 29), in the thirty-sixth year of our Lord's age. It has been observed before-that Calmet adds three years to the common account.


 
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