Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Parallel translations
- WEB Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
- BSB While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,
- NKJV And when Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,
- NASB Now when Jesus was in Bethany, at the home of Simon the Leper,
- NLT Meanwhile, Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had previously had leprosy.
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Quick answer
Jesus is in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper. The setting introduces the account of a woman's costly devotion to Jesus.
Overview
Bethany, near Jerusalem, is where Jesus often lodged during His final week. Simon, called 'the leper,' was likely a man Jesus had healed, since active lepers were excluded from society. The scene sets the stage for an act of worship that Jesus would commend forever, contrasting devotion to Him with the betrayal that follows.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Mark 14:3–9And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
- John 12:1–8Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
- Luke 7:37–39And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
- John 11:1–2Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
- Matt 21:17And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
- Mark 11:12And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
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