Jesus therefore (Ιησους ουν). Here ουν is not causal, but simply copulative and transitional, "and so" (Bernard), as often in John…

Then Jesus came to Bethany. This was near to Jerusalem, and it was from this place that he made his triumphant entry into the city. See Ba…

Then Jesus six days before the Passover came to Bethany.—The whole question of the arrangement of days during this last g…

Then Jesus six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

The d…

Alcuin of York: As the time approached in which our Lord had resolved to suffer, He approached the place He had chosen for Hi…

At this point Jesus’ time schedule becomes more definite than previously in this gospel. Martha and Mary gave a dinner for Jesus. The notation that…

Jesus came to Bethany. We see that those who thought that Christ would not come to the feast (John 11:56) judged too …

Then Jesus, six days before the passover
Or "before the six days of the passover"; not as designing the days of that…

Christ had formerly blamed Martha for being troubled with much serving. But she did not stop serving, as some who, when criticized for going too fa…

1. Until now, the Evangelist has been showing the power of Christ’s divinity by what he did and taught during his public life. Now he begins…