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Johannes 12:7

Listen to Johannes 12:7
7 Da sprach Jesus: Laß sie in Frieden! Solches hat sie behalten zum Tage meines Begräbnisses.

Johannes 12:7 Meaning and Commentary

John 12:7

Then said Jesus, let her alone
Do not disturb her in what she does, or hinder her, or blame her for it:

against the day of my burial hath she kept this;
this ointment, which she now poured on Christ; it was usual to embalm the dead with ointments and spices: Christ suggests, that the time of his death and burial were nigh, and that this woman had kept this ointment till now, for such a purpose; and whereas she would not be able to make use of it at the time of his interment, she had embalmed his body with it now, beforehand; though without any knowledge of his death, or any such intention and design in her, but the Holy Ghost so directing her: for this is not to be understood of her keeping any part of it till that time, which it does not appear she did.

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Johannes 12:7 In-Context

5 Warum ist diese Salbe nicht verkauft um dreihundert Groschen und den Armen gegeben?
6 Das sagte er aber nicht, daß er nach den Armen fragte; sondern er war ein Dieb und hatte den Beutel und trug, was gegeben ward.
7 Da sprach Jesus: Laß sie in Frieden! Solches hat sie behalten zum Tage meines Begräbnisses.
8 Denn Arme habt ihr allezeit bei euch; mich aber habt ihr nicht allezeit.
9 Da erfuhr viel Volks der Juden, daß er daselbst war; und sie kamen nicht um Jesu willen allein, sondern daß sie auch Lazarus sähen, welchen er von den Toten auferweckt hatte.
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