Johannes 11:2

2 (Maria nu was degene, die den Heere gezalfd heeft met zalf, en Zijn voeten afgedroogd heeft met haar haren; welker broeder Lazarus krank was.)

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 En er was een zeker man krank, genaamd Lazarus, van Bethanie, uit het vlek van Maria en haar zuster Martha.

2 (Maria nu was degene, die den Heere gezalfd heeft met zalf, en Zijn voeten afgedroogd heeft met haar haren; welker broeder Lazarus krank was.)

3 Zijn zusters dan zonden tot Hem, zeggende: Heere, zie, dien Gij liefhebt, is krank.

4 En Jezus, dat horende, zeide: Deze krankheid is niet tot den dood, maar ter heerlijkheid Gods; opdat de Zone Gods door dezelve verheerlijkt worde.

5 Jezus nu had Martha, en haar zuster, en Lazarus lief.