Pastors Jim and Marie Watt
(From: JOHN #27 - 11:45-12:11)
D. 11:54-57 JESUS SPARES HIMSELF FOR THE PASSOVER
a. 11:54 JESUS WITHDRAWS
Ho oun IeSOUS ouKEti par-reSIa [3954]pe-ri-ePAtei en tois IouDAIois,
:Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews,
alLA aPELthen eKEIthen eis ten CHOran [5561]enGUS tes eREmou [2048],
but departed from there into the country near the wilderness,
eis 'Eph-raIM le-goMEnen POlin; ka' 'KEI Emei-nen meTA ton ma-theTON.
into a city called Ephraim; and there tarried with the disciples.
b. 11:55 PREPARATION FOR JESUS' LAST PASSOVER
en de egGUS to PAScha [3957]ton IouDAIon:
Now the passover of the Jews was near:
kai aNEbe-san polLOI eis Ie-roSOlu-ma ek tes CHOras pro tou PAScha, HIna hagNIso-sin [48]he-auTOUS.
and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, to purify themselves.
c. 11:56a QUESTION
eZEtoun oun ton IeSOUN, kai Ele-gon met' alLElon,
They therefore sought :Jesus, and spoke one with another,
en tohi-eRO he-steKOtes, Ti doKEI huMIN?
as they stood in the temple, What do you think?
d. 11:56b That he will not come to the feast?
HOti ou me ELtheeis ten he-orTEN [1859]?
e. 11:57 CHIEF PRIESTS AND PHARISEES PREPARE FOR TAKING JESUS
deDOkei-san de hoi ar-chi-eREIS [749] kai hoi Pha-riSAIoi en-toLAS,
Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders,
HIna, eAN tis gno POU es-tin, meNUse [3377], HOpos piAso-sin [4084] auTON.
that, if any knew where he was, he should show it, that they might take him.
E. 12:1-11 SECOND ANOINTING, AND FURTHER PLOTTING
1. 12:1-8 JESUS ANOINTED AGAIN AT SUPPER WITH LAZARUS
a. 12:1 JESUS AT BETHANY
Ho oun IeSOUS pro hex he-meRON tou PAScha ELthen eis Be-thaNIan,
:Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany,
HOpou en LAza-ros, hon Egei-ren [1453] ek neKRON IeSOUS.
where :Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from thedead.
b. 12:2 MARTHA SERVES JESUS WITH LAZARUS
ePOIe-san oun auTO DEIPnon [1173] eKEI: kai he MARtha di-eKOnei;
They made him therefore a supper there: and :Martha served;
ho de LAza-ros heis en ek ton a-na-keiMEnon [1173] sun auTO.
but :Lazarus was one of them that sat at meatwith him.
c. 12:3 MARY ANOINTS JESUS' FEET, AND WIPES THEM WITH HER HAIR
he oun Ma-riAM laBOUsa LItran [3046] MUrou [3464] NARdou [3487],
:Mariam therefore took a pound of ointment of pure nard,
pi-stiKES [4101] po-luTImou [4186], Elei-psen [218] tous POdas tou IeSOU,
very precious, andanointed the feet of :Jesus,
kai eXEma-xen [1591] tais thriXIN [2359] auTES tous POdas auTOU:
and wiped his :feet with her :hair:
he de oiKIa e-pleROthe [4137] ek tes osMES [3744] tou MUrou.
and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.
d. 12:4-5 JUDAS ISCARIOT OBJECTS
LEgei de I-OUdas ho 'Is-ka-riOtes , heis ton ma-theTON auTOU, ho MELlon auTON pa-ra-diDOnai [3860],
But :Judas :Iscariot, one of his :disciples, that should deliver him up, said,
DiA ti TOUto to MUron ouk ePRAthe [4097] tri-a-koSIon de-naRIon, kai eDOthe ptoCHOIS [4434]?
5Why was not this :ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given to thepoor?
e. 12:6 THE REASON FOR JUDAS' OBJECTION
EIpen de TOUto, ouch HOti peRI ton ptoCHON Eme-len auTO;
Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor;
all' HOti KLEpes [2812] en, kai to glosSOko-mon [1101] Echon, ta balLOme-na eBAsta-zen (941].
but because he was a thief, and having the bag, and carrying its contents.
f. 12:7 :Jesus therefore said, Allow her to keep it against the day of my :burying.
EIpen oun ho IeSOUS, Aphes auTEN HIna eis ten heMEran tou en-ta-phi-aSMOU mou teREse auTO.
g. 12:8 For the poor you have always with yourselves; but me you do not have always.
tous ptoCHOUS gar PANto-te Eche-te meth' he-auTON; eME de ou PANto-te Eche-te.
2. 12:9-11 PLOT TO KILL LAZARUS WITH JESUS
a. 12:9 BOTH JESUS AND LAZARUS ATTRACT A GREAT CROWD
EGno oun ho OCHlos poLUS ek ton IouDAIon HOti eKEI es-tin:
The great crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there:
kai ELthan, ou diA ton IeSOUN MOnon,
and they came, not for :Jesus' sake only,
all' HIna kai ton LAza-ron Ido-sin [1492], hon Egei-ren ek neKRON.
but that they might see :Lazarus also, whom he raised from thedead.
b. 12:10-11 MURDER: THE REACTION OF CHIEF PRIESTS
e-bouLEUsan-to [1011] de hoi ar-chi-eREIS HIna kai ton LAza-ron a-pokTEIno-sin [615];
But the chief priests took counsel to put :Lazarus also to death;
HOti polLOI di' auTON huPEgon [5217] ton IouDAIon, kai ePIsteu-on eis ton IeSOUN.
11because by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed unto :Jesus.
NOTE: The heart of Mary appears clearly to all of us in this recorded incident. In contrast to her heart, appears the heart of Judas. And Jesus knew clearly the heart of both. In another Gospel, Jesus foretells that wherever the Gospel be sent, this incident in the life of Mary will appear. The resurrection of Jesus came so soon upon His crucifixion, that there was then no opportunity to anoint His body for proper burial - which He did not need! Therefore what Mary did here took that place, and was well-pleasing in the sight of Jesus and His Father.
Then, the heart of the chief priests and Pharisees is fully exposed also. Theywere of of the world, not of the Kingdom of God. Murder and jealousy and envy filled their hearts. John, the beloved disciple, faithfully records all of this, as a witness to the all-knowing Omniscience of our God. If all of these things were so clearly known of God at thistime - think what it will be like before the BEma, the Judgment Seat of Christ for believers - and the Great White Throne Judgment for unbelievers. Nothingnow hidden - will not thenbe made known - that God be justified in all His sayings. J.A.W.