John 11:2

John 11:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
• New International Version (NIV)(This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.)
• English Standard Version (ESV)It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.
• New King James Version (NKJV)It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

Context of John 11:2

1Now a man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair, and it was her brother Lazarus who was sick. 3So the sisters sent a message to him: “Lord, the one you love is sick.” 4When Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

John 11:2 word by word

ἦν δὲ Μαριὰμ ἡ ἀλείψασα τὸν κύριον μύρῳ καὶ ἐκμάξασα τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ ταῖς θριξὶν αὐτῆς, ἧς ὁ ἀδελφὸς Λάζαρος ἠσθένει.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• It wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• MaryΜαρίαMaria Mariam · MaryG3137
• whichὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• anointedἀλείφωaleiphō · to anointG218
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• with ointmentμύρονmuron · ointmentG3464
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• wipedἐκμάσσωekmassō · to wipe offG1591
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• feetπούςpous · footG4228
• withθρίξthrix trichos · hairG2359
• whoseὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• brotherἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• LazarusΛάζαροςLazaros · LazarusG2976
• was sickἀσθενέωastheneō · be weak: illG770
• ·δέde · thenG1161

Cross-references for John 11:2

• John 12:3Then Mary took a pound of perfume, pure and expensive nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped his feet with her hair. So the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
• Matthew 26:6While Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,
• Mark 14:3While he was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured it on his head.
• Luke 7:37And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster jar of perfume

Commentaries on John 11:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2It was that Mary which anointed - There is much disagreement between learned men relative to the two anointings of our Lord, and the persons who performed these acts. The various conjectures concerning these points the reader will find in the notes on Matthew 26:7, etc., but particularly at the end of that chapter. Dr. Lightfoot inquires, Why should Bethany be called the town of Martha and Mary, and not of Lazarus? And he thinks the reason is, that Martha…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2It was that Mary … - See the Matthew 26:6 note; Luke 7:36-50 notes.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-57The resurrection of Lazarus points to the future death and resurrection of Jesus. The description of Lazarus’s tomb is similar to the description of the tomb Jesus was placed in after he died (11:38, 44; 20:1, 7). Both accounts mention a cave and burial cloths. These details connect the two events and help us see that Lazarus’s story is a sign. Soon after Lazarus was raised, a woman anointed Jesus for burial (12:3). This act prepared him for his coming…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, &c.--This, though not recorded by our Evangelist till Joh 12:3, was so well known in the teaching of all the churches, according to our Lord's prediction (Mt 26:13), that it is here alluded to by anticipation, as the most natural way of identifying her; and she is first named, though the younger, as the more distinguished of the two. She "anointed THE Lord," says the Evangelist--led doubtless to the…Read the comment

Topics related to John 11:2

• Anointing
• Family
• Friendship
• Jesus, the Christ
• Lazarus
• Mary
• Miracles
• Readings, Select
• Weeping

In the dictionaries

• Lazarus
• Awake
• Hair
• Martha
• Mourn
• Anoint; Anointed
• Bethany
• Jesus Christ
• John, Gospel of
• Olives, Mount of

Commentaries on John 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings