Bethany at Night
[Note: B&W Image purchased from biblepicturegallery.com for use in this post. I have colorized it to create a night scene under a full moon.]
John 12:1-11
"Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom he had raised from the dead. They gave a dinner for him there; Martha waited on them and Lazarus was among those at table. Mary brought in a pound of very costly ointment, pure nard, and with it anointed the feet of Jesus, wiping them with her hair; the house was full of the scent of the ointment. "
Mary (Lazarus' sister) Anointing the Feet of Jesus
[ Note that Elizabeth Fletcher was so kind to give me permission to use this image from a page of her website which no longer exists as of 4-2021.]
"Then Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, the man who was to betray him said, 'Why wasn't this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor?' He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he was in charge of the common fund and used to help himself to the contributions. So Jesus said, 'Leave her along; she had to keep this scent for the day of my burial. You have the poor with you always, you will not always have me.' "
" Meanwhile a large number of Jews heard that he was there and came not only on account of Jesus but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead. Then the chief priests decided to kill Lazarus as well, since it was on his account that many of the Jews were leaving them and believing in Jesus"
[Note: Bible verses used in this post are from The Jerusalem Bible, Copyright 1966, Doubleday and Company, Inc. Garden city, New York.]
