‘Six days therefore before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead'.
It was clearly now still ‘day' (John 11:9). But His time had come and He did not hesitate to put Himself in danger. The visit to Bethany, only two miles from Jerusalem, and to Lazarus, (although He was staying at the house of Simon the Leper - Mark 14:3) drew the attention of His enemies to Him for it re-aroused the interest in what had happened there (John 12:9). But Jesus knew that the time for prudence was past. The Passover, again mentioned here, receives constant mention in John's Gospel and we must see in this an indication that John was portraying Jesus as, in the final analysis, the Passover Lamb of God. And the Passover at which He would be offered was approaching.