2Here a dinner was given in Jesus' honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him.


In Context

1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived at Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

2 Here a dinner was given in Jesus' honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him.

3 Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

4 But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected,

John 12:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:2There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:2And they made him a supper there: and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that were at table with him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:2So they made him a supper there: and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them that sat at meat with him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:2There therefore they made him a supper, and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those at table with him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:2So they made him a supper there: and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them that sat at meat with him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:2There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:2So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:2they made, therefore, to him a supper there, and Martha was ministering, and Lazarus was one of those reclining together (at meat) with him;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:2There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.