Giovanni 12:2

2 E quivi gli fecero un convito; e Marta ministrava, e Lazaro era un di coloro ch’eran con lui a tavola.

Giovanni 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.

Giovanni 12:2 In-Context

1 GESÙ adunque, sei giorni avanti la pasqua, venne in Betania ove era Lazaro, quel ch’era stato morto, il quale egli avea suscitato da’ morti.

2 E quivi gli fecero un convito; e Marta ministrava, e Lazaro era un di coloro ch’eran con lui a tavola.

3 E Maria prese una libbra d’olio odorifero di nardo schietto, di gran prezzo, e ne unse i piedi di Gesù, e li asciugò co’ suoi capelli, e la casa fu ripiena dell’odor dell’olio.

4 Laonde un de’ discepoli d’esso, cioè Giuda Iscariot, figliuol di Simone, il quale era per tradirlo, disse:

5 Perchè non si è venduto quest’olio trecento denari, e non si è il prezzo dato a’ poveri?