Mary Anoints Jesus
(Matthew 26:6–13; Mark 14:3–9; Luke 7:36–50)
Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead. Mrk 14:3-8Jhn 11:1Luk 24:50Jhn 11:55Mat 21:17Jhn 11:44Jhn 12:20Mat 26:6-11 So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him. Luk 22:27Rev 3:20Luk 10:38-42Jhn 12:9-10Mrk 14:3Jhn 11:43-44Luk 12:37Mat 26:6 Then Mary took about a pint 1of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. Mrk 14:3-9Jhn 11:2Luk 10:38-39Luk 7:37-38Mat 26:6-13Jhn 11:32Jhn 11:28Luk 7:46
But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked, Mat 10:41Sa 17:28-29Jhn 13:2Jhn 18:2-5Ecc 4:4Jhn 13:26Jhn 6:70-71Luk 6:16 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii 2and the money given to the poor?” Luk 12:33Luk 18:22Mat 26:8-9Mrk 14:4-5Luk 6:41Mal 1:10-13Amo 8:5Exo 5:17 Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it. Jhn 13:29Psa 50:16-20Jas 2:6Jas 2:22Ki 5:20-271Co 6:10Gal 2:102Ki 12:14-15
“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial. Mat 26:12Mrk 14:6Mat 26:10Mat 27:57-60Jhn 19:38-42Luk 23:50Mrk 15:42-47Psa 109:31 The poor you will always have with you, 3 but you will not always have Me.” Deu 15:11Mrk 14:7Jhn 12:35Mat 26:11Jhn 13:33Jhn 8:21Act 1:9-11Jhn 16:5-7
The Plot to Kill Lazarus
Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. And they came not only because of Him, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead. Act 4:14Act 3:10-11Jhn 11:43-45 So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well, Luk 16:31Gen 4:4-10Jhn 11:47-53Mat 2:16Dan 5:21-23Ecc 9:3Exo 10:3Jhn 11:57 for on account of him many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus. Jhn 11:45Act 13:45Jas 3:14-16Jhn 12:18Jhn 11:48Jhn 15:18-25Jhn 7:31
The Triumphal Entry
(Zechariah 9:9–13; Matthew 21:1–11; Mark 11:1–11; Luke 19:28–40)
The next day the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. Mrk 11:7-10Luk 19:35-38Mat 21:4-9Jhn 11:55-56 They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: Psa 118:25-26Rev 15:3Luk 19:35-38Mat 21:9-11Mrk 11:8-10Rev 7:9Hos 3:5Jhn 1:49
“Hosanna!” 4
“Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” 5
“Blessed is the King of Israel!”
Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written: Zec 9:9Mat 21:1-7Mrk 11:1-7Luk 19:29-35
“Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion. Zec 9:9Isa 62:11Zep 3:16-17Isa 35:4-52Sa 16:2Deu 17:16Isa 40:9-10Isa 41:14
See, your King is coming,
seated on the colt of a donkey.” 6
At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him. Jhn 2:22Jhn 14:26Jhn 7:39Act 2:36Jhn 12:23Act 2:33Act 3:13Heb 12:2
Meanwhile, many people continued to testify that they had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead. 1Jn 5:9-12Rev 1:2Act 1:22Act 5:32Jhn 12:9Jhn 19:35Jhn 1:19Jhn 1:32 That is also why the crowd went out to meet Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign. Jhn 12:11
Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You can see that this is doing you no good. Look how the whole world has gone after Him!” Act 17:6Act 4:16-17Psa 22:271Jn 2:2Act 5:27-28Isa 27:6Jhn 17:21Jhn 3:26
Jesus Predicts His Death
Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast. Jhn 7:35Act 17:4Isa 11:101Ki 8:41-43Act 8:27Mrk 7:26Gal 2:3Act 14:1 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.” Mat 2:2Luk 19:2-4Jhn 14:8-9Jhn 6:40Jhn 1:36-39Jhn 1:43-47Mat 11:21Mat 15:22-28 Philip relayed this appeal to Andrew, and both of them went and told Jesus. Jhn 1:40-41Luk 9:49-50Mrk 10:13-14Jhn 6:8Mat 10:5
But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Jhn 13:31-32Jhn 17:1-5Mrk 14:411Pe 2:9-10Isa 49:5-6Isa 60:9Isa 53:10-12Isa 55:5 Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 1Co 15:36-38Isa 53:10-12Heb 2:9-10Jhn 12:32-33Psa 72:16Rev 7:9-17Psa 22:22-31Psa 22:15 Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Mat 10:39Luk 9:23-24Mrk 8:35Luk 17:33Mat 16:25Luk 14:26Act 20:24Mat 19:29 If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him. Col 3:241Sa 2:30Gal 1:10Jhn 10:27Jhn 17:241Jn 5:3Rom 1:11Th 4:17-18
Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour. Jhn 12:23Heb 5:7Isa 38:15Jhn 13:21Mat 26:38-39Mat 26:42Mrk 14:33-36Psa 88:3 Father, glorify Your name!” Jhn 13:31-32Mat 26:42Jhn 11:40-44Rev 5:9-14Isa 49:3-7Mat 17:5Mat 3:17Php 1:6-11
Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him. Job 37:2-5Rev 14:2Rev 6:1Exo 19:16Exo 20:18Ezk 10:5Job 40:9Act 23:8-9
In response, Jesus said, “This voice was not for My benefit, but yours. Jhn 11:422Co 8:9Jhn 11:15Jhn 5:34 Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out. 2Co 4:41Jn 3:81Jn 5:19Jhn 14:30Eph 6:12Col 2:15Heb 2:14Rev 20:2-3 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.” Jhn 3:14Jhn 8:281Pe 2:241Jn 2:2Jhn 1:71Ti 2:6Gal 3:13Heb 2:9 He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die. Jhn 18:32Jhn 21:19
The crowd replied, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ will remain forever. So how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?” Ezk 37:24-25Isa 9:7Dan 7:14Psa 110:4Dan 2:44Dan 7:272Sa 7:13Jhn 3:14-16
Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. Jhn 12:46Jhn 16:161Jn 1:6-7Eph 5:8Jhn 8:12Jhn 11:10Jer 13:16-17Jhn 12:36 While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” Eph 5:81Th 5:5Jhn 8:59Act 13:47-48Isa 60:1Jhn 1:7Luk 16:81Jn 2:9-11
After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.
Belief and Unbelief
Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him. Luk 16:31Jhn 1:11Jhn 15:24Jhn 11:42Mat 11:20 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: Isa 53:1Rom 10:16Rom 10:201Co 1:242Co 4:3-62Co 3:14-18Act 13:27-29Act 8:28-30
“Lord, who has believed our message?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” 7
For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says: 2Pe 2:14Isa 6:9-10Jhn 10:38Jhn 5:44Jhn 6:44Isa 44:18-20
“He has blinded their eyes Isa 6:10Mat 13:13-15Luk 8:10Mrk 4:12Hos 6:1Isa 29:10Isa 57:18-19Jos 11:20
and hardened their hearts,
so that they cannot see with their eyes,
and understand with their hearts,
and turn,
and I would heal them.” 8
Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him. Isa 6:1-5Isa 6:9-10Jhn 1:142Co 4:6Jhn 1:18Jhn 5:39Heb 1:3Jhn 14:9 Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue. Isa 51:7Jhn 7:13Jhn 9:22Mat 10:32Pro 29:25Isa 66:5Jhn 19:38Jhn 11:45 For they loved praise from men more than praise from God. Jhn 5:44Mat 23:5-7Jhn 5:41Luk 16:152Co 10:181Th 2:6Luk 19:171Pe 1:7-8
Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me. Mat 10:40Jhn 5:24Jhn 13:20Mrk 9:37Jhn 7:281Pe 1:21Pro 8:1Isa 55:1-3 And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me. Jhn 14:9-102Co 4:6Col 1:15Heb 1:3Jhn 12:41Jhn 15:241Jn 5:20 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness. Jhn 8:12Psa 36:9Isa 42:7Jhn 9:5Jhn 12:35-36Act 26:18Jhn 1:4-5Jhn 3:19
As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world. Jhn 3:17Jhn 12:48Jhn 8:15-161Ti 1:15-161Jn 4:14Luk 19:10Jhn 5:45Mat 20:28 There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. Luk 10:16Heb 9:27-28Rom 2:162Th 1:8Jhn 11:24Jhn 3:17-20Heb 12:25Heb 10:29-31
I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it. Jhn 14:10Jhn 5:30Jhn 8:26Jhn 17:8Deu 18:18Jhn 14:31Jhn 15:15Jhn 8:42 And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.” Jhn 17:3Jhn 6:681Jn 5:20Jhn 6:631Jn 2:251Jn 3:23-241Jn 5:11-131Ti 1:16