John 12:2

2 So they made him a supper there. Marta served, but El'azar was one of those who sat at the table with him.

John 12:2 Meaning and Commentary

John 12:2

There they made him a supper
At Bethany, in the house of Lazarus, Martha, and Mary; by whose order, and at whose charge it was prepared for him; and not in the house of Simon the leper, which was four days after this, ( Matthew 26:2 Matthew 26:6 ) .

And Martha served;
who was always a busy, active, and stirring woman; and this she did, to testify her love to Christ, and great respect for him; otherwise, as she was a person of substance, she had servants enough to wait at table:

but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him;
and ate, and drank, and conversed; by which it appeared, that he was really risen from the dead, and was in a good state of health.

John 12:2 In-Context

1 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.

2 So they made him a supper there. Marta served, but El'azar was one of those who sat at the table with him.

3 Miryam, therefore, took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Yeshua, and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

4 Then Yehudah from K'riot, Shim`on's son, one of his talmidim, who would betray him, said,

5 "Why wasn't this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?"