John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"So they made him a supper there: and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them that sat at meat with him." — John 12:2 (ASV)
There they made him a supper
At Bethany, in the house of Lazarus, Martha, and Mary; by whose order, and at whose charge it was prepared for him; and not in the house of Simon the leper, which was four days after this, (Matthew 26:2Matthew 26:6) .
And Martha served ;
who was always a busy, active, and stirring woman; and this she did, to testify her love to Christ, and great respect for him; otherwise, as she was a person of substance, she had servants enough to wait at table:
but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him ;
and ate, and drank, and conversed; by which it appeared, that he was really risen from the dead, and was in a good state of health.