Johannes 11:2

2 (Maria aber war, die den HERRN gesalbt hat mit Salbe und seine Füße getrocknet mit ihrem Haar; deren Bruder, Lazarus, war krank.)

Johannes 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.

Johannes 11:2 In-Context

1 Es lag aber einer krank mit Namen Lazarus, von Bethanien, in dem Flecken Marias und ihrer Schwester Martha.
2 (Maria aber war, die den HERRN gesalbt hat mit Salbe und seine Füße getrocknet mit ihrem Haar; deren Bruder, Lazarus, war krank.)
3 Da sandten seine Schwestern zu ihm und ließen ihm sagen: HERR, siehe, den du liebhast, der liegt krank.
4 Da Jesus das hörte, sprach er: Die Krankheit ist nicht zum Tode, sondern zur Ehre Gottes, daß der Sohn Gottes dadurch geehrt werde.
5 Jesus aber hatte Martha lieb und ihre Schwester und Lazarus.
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