The Hour Has Come
So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him. John 12:2 · Berean Standard Bible
They host a dinner for Jesus. Martha serves, and Lazarus is right there at the table with Him.
Think about what this moment means: Lazarus, who was dead four days ago, is now having dinner with Jesus. Resurrection looks ordinary from the outside.
The narrator describes a dinner scene that is quietly miraculous.
There's something beautiful about the normalcy: Martha doing what she does best, Lazarus alive and present, sharing a meal. Resurrection doesn't always look dramatic. Sometimes it looks like dinner with friends.
A dinner (deipnon) is hosted for Jesus with Martha serving and Lazarus reclining at the table—the resurrected man casually dining, a living sign of Jesus' power over death.
The image of Lazarus reclining at table is theologically potent: the man who was dead now dines with the one who gave him life. Martha's serving reflects her characteristic role (Luke 10:40).
The narrator describes the dinner scene, highlighting the participation of Lazarus as a resurrected man.
The scene is quietly extraordinary: Martha serves, Lazarus reclines at dinner with Jesus—a dead man eating a meal, a living testimony to resurrection power, as if death had been a minor interruption.
1Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
2So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.
3Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
4But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked,
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