John 12:2 Parallel Translations

Dinner was prepared for Jesus in Bethany. Martha served the dinner, and Lazarus was one of the people eating with Jesus.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

ASV:

So they made him a supper there: and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them that sat at meat with him.

BBE:

So they made him a meal there, and he was waited on by Martha, and Lazarus was among those who were seated with him at table.

DBY:

There therefore they made him a supper, and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those at table with him.

ERV:

So they made him a supper there: and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them that sat at meat with him.

WEY:

So they gave a dinner there in honour of Jesus, at which Martha waited at table, but Lazarus was one of the guests who were with Him.

WBS:

There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

WEB:

So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.

YLT:

they made, therefore, to him a supper there, and Martha was ministering, and Lazarus was one of those reclining together (at meat) with him;

John 12:2 Cross References

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Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

12:2 There they made him a supper. For notes on this supper and the anointing, see Mt 26:6-16. Compare Mr 14:3-11 Lu 7:36-50.

WES:

12:2 It seems Martha was a person of some figure, from the great respect which was paid to her and her sister, in visits and condolences on Lazarus's death, as well as from the costly ointment mentioned in the next verse . And probably it was at their house our Lord and his disciples lodged, when he returned from Jerusalem to Bethany, every evening of the last week of his life, upon which he was now entered.

MHC:

12:1-11 Christ had formerly blamed Martha for being troubled with much serving. But she did not leave off serving, as some, who when found fault with for going too far in one way, peevishly run too far another way; she still served, but within hearing of Christ's gracious words. Mary gave a token of love to Christ, who had given real tokens of his love to her and her family. God's Anointed should be our Anointed. Has God poured on him the oil of gladness above his fellows, let us pour on him the ointment of our best affections. In Judas a foul sin is gilded over with a plausible pretence. We must not think that those do no acceptable service, who do it not in our way. The reigning love of money is heart-theft. The grace of Christ puts kind comments on pious words and actions, makes the best of what is amiss, and the most of what is good. Opportunities are to be improved; and those first and most vigorously, which are likely to be the shortest. To consult to hinder the further effect of the miracle, by putting Lazarus to death, is such wickedness, malice, and folly, as cannot be explained, except by the desperate enmity of the human heart against God. They resolved that the man should die whom the Lord had raised to life. The success of the gospel often makes wicked men so angry, that they speak and act as if they hoped to obtain a victory over the Almighty himself.

CONC:

Dinner Guests Honor Honour Lazarus Laz'arus Martha Meal Meat Ministering Reclining Sat Seated Served Serving Supper Table Waited

Dinner Guests Honor Honour Jesus Lazarus Martha Meal Meat Ministering Reclining Sat Seated Served Serving Supper Table Together Waited

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