Giovanni 11:2

2 Or Maria era quella che unse d’olio odorifero il Signore, ed asciugò i suoi piedi co’ suoi capelli; della quale il fratello Lazaro era infermo.

Giovanni 11:2 Meaning and Commentary

John 11:2

It was [that] Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment,
&c.] Not the woman in ( Luke 7:37 ) , as some have thought, whose name is not mentioned, and which history is not related by John at all: but Mary in ( John 12:3 ) , who is both mentioned by name, and along with Lazarus her brother, and with whom all the circumstances of the affair suit; and though the fact was not yet done, yet John writing many years after it was done, and when it was well known, proleptically, and in a parenthesis, takes notice of it here:

and wiped his feet with her hair;
instead of a napkin, after she had anointed them with oil; (See Gill on Luke 7:37), (See Gill on John 12:3).

Whose brother Lazarus was sick;
this is observed, to show how well they were all acquainted with Christ, and affected to him.

Giovanni 11:2 In-Context

1 OR v’era un certo Lazaro, di Betania, del castello di Maria, e di Marta, sua sorella, il quale era infermo.

2 Or Maria era quella che unse d’olio odorifero il Signore, ed asciugò i suoi piedi co’ suoi capelli; della quale il fratello Lazaro era infermo.

3 Le sorelle adunque mandarono a dire a Gesù: Signore, ecco, colui che tu ami è infermo.

4 E Gesù, udito ciò, disse: Questa infermità non è a morte, ma per la gloria di Dio, acciocchè il Figliuol di Dio sia glorificato per essa.

5 Or Gesù amava Marta, e la sua sorella, e Lazaro.