John 12:7

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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 . Laza...
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...
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...
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. A...
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 with...
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 - S...
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...
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 expositi...
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)....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this ] i.e. She has done quite right not to sell the ointment. She has kept it for today,...
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....
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. S...
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 m...
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 ar...
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 h...
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 gif...
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 sh...
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 covet...
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...
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 u...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mary Anoints Christ's Feet; Hypocrisy of Judas; Indignation of the Chief Priests. ...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Jesus therefore said, “Leave her alone, that she may keep it for the day of my burial. You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have...
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 t...
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 t...
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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 12:1 . Then Jesus six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. The day...
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 indulge...
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 ....
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 signifi...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The objection of Judas:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then said Jesus, Let her alone; against the day of My burying hath she kept this.
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
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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

⁷ Then said Jesus,Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

Related Commentaries of John 12:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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