John 12:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then said Jesus,Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this. ”

John 12:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 26:3-16 . John 12:2 A supper - At the house of Simon the leper, Matthew 26:6 . Lazarus was ... - The names of Martha and Lazarus are...
John 12:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this. (2) This extraordinary anointing, which was a sign, is allowed by God so that he may witness that he will not be...
John 12:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 12. The Final Scenes in the Public Manifestation. John 12:1-8 . The Anointing. The scene is the same as that recorded by Mt. and Mk. Luke 7:36-50 represents a different incident, or at le...
John 12:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Let her alone , &c.. T Tr.. WI. (not the Syriac) read, "Let her alone, in order that she may keep it, "&c. against . unto. Greek. eis. App-104.
John 12:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. Let her alone. When Christ bids them let Mary alone, he shows that they act improperly and unjustly who disturb their neighbors without a good reason, and raise a disturbance about n...
John 12:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this. Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this - Several MSS. and versions read thus: - Αφες αυτην,...
John 12:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Against the day of my burying, &c.— The Jews first washed the corpse all over with water, after it was laid out, Acts 9:37 and then anointed it with liquid spices, or odours, as appears fro...
John 12:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. For the exposition of this portion, see the notes at Mark 14:3-9...
John 12:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Triumphal Entry. Close of the Public Ministry 1-11. Supper at Bethany (see on Matthew 26:6 and Mark 14:3 , which record the same incident). The event in Luke 7:36 . is different. The suppe...
John 12:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Against the day of my burying hath she kept this. — The majority of the better MSS. read, “that she keep this against the day of My burying.” Comp. Matthew 26:12 and Mark 14:8 . The thought here...
John 12:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

I. THE ANOINTING OF JESUS. "Jesus therefore six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead. So they made Him a supper there: and Martha served;...
John 12:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Love's Fragrant Gift John 12:1-11 Martha's service reminds us of Luke 10:41 . The earlier Gospels ( Matthew 26:1-75 ; Mark 14:1-72 ) do not mention Mary's name, probably because the whole fam...
John 12:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The shadows of the Passion were now falling across the path of the Christ. In what happened at the supper we have a vivid contrast. Mary and Judas arrest our attention. She, discovering the sorrows o...
John 12:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Then Jesus, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. (2) There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was on...
John 12:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A GOOD WORK ‘Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of My burying hath she kept this.’ John 12:7 Note the time: it enhanced the gift. It was the insight of love. The Saviour was but...
John 12:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John 12:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this. Ver. 7. Let her alone ] Christ crossed the traitor in his covetous desire of fingering such a sum. Hence his disc...
John 12:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then took Mary a pound of ointment , &c. See notes on Matthew 26:6-13 ; Mark 14:1-9 . She did what is here related in token of the warm sense she had of the many favours Christ had conferred o...
John 12:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A SUPPER FOR HIM AT BETHANY (vs.1-8) Six days before the Passover He returned to the area of Jerusalem, coming by way of Jericho, as Luke shows us ( Luke 19:1-28 ). These days He spent in ministe...
John 12:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mary Anoints Christ's Feet; Hypocrisy of Judas; Indignation of the Chief Priests. 1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came...
John 12:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Jonah 12:3 "
John 12:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus Is Anointed ( John 12:1-8 ). This incident is significant in that it is unintentionally prophetic. By her action in anointing Jesus, Mary is intending to proclaim her gratitude and love, but...
John 12:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 12:1 . See Homiletic Note, p. 341. John 12:2 . The Synoptists inform us that it was in the house of Simon the leper ( Matthew 26:6 ; Mark 14:3 ). It has bee...
John 12:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 12:1-2 . Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. There they made him a supper; It was in the house of Si...
John 12:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 12:1 . Six days before the passover. The Hebrew sabbath was kept from sunset to sunset. The worship of the day being closed, the jews indulged in a good supper after the light food of the day...
John 12:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then Jesus six days before the Passover. --The following calendar of the Passover week is taken from Lightfoot (2.586): NISAN IX; The Sabbath . Six days before the Passover, Jesus sups with Laza...
John 12:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The twelfth chapter neither belongs intrinsically to that which precedes nor to that which follows. It is a paragraph of high significance, as bearing on the construction of the Gospe...
John 12:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The objection of Judas:
John 12:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 19:38-42 ; Luke 23:50 ; Mark 14:6 ; Mark 15:42-47 ; Matthew 26:10 ; Matthew 26:12 ; Matthew 27:57-60 ; Psalms 109:31 ; Zechariah 3:2
John 12:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Mary Anointing Her Lord John 12:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are now coming to the close of the life of our Master presenting the third of three Bible scenes centering around Martha, Mary, and L...
John 12:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Against the day of my burial — Which now draws nigh.

John 12:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John 12:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

John 12:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 12:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 12:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

John 12:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 12:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John 12:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 12:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 12:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 12:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 12:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 12:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 12:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 12:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John 12:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 12:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 12:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 12:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 12:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 12:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 12:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 12:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 12:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 12:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 12:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

John 12:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 12:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 12:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 12:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

John 12:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes