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John 11:1-2 (NLT)
11 A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha. 2 This is the Mary who later poured the expensive perfume on the Lord’s feet and wiped them with her hair. Her brother, Lazarus, was sick.John 12:1-3 (NLT)
12 Six days before the Passover celebration began, Jesus arrived in Bethany, the home of Lazarus—the man he had raised from the dead. 2 A dinner was prepared in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those who ate with him. 3 Then Mary took a twelve-ounce jar of expensive perfume made from essence of nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet with it, wiping his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance.
In essence, parts of chapters 11 and 12 refer to each other, yet one had to come before each other. Further reading of the context of both reveals that chapter 11 comes earlier chronologically. Given that, why did John clarify who Mary was before he told that story? Was he assuming that the readers had heard about the events already?
