“(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)”
Mary was the one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair; and Lazarus was the one who was sick — John identifies Mary by a deed not yet narrated in his Gospel (the anointing will be described in 12:3), assuming reader familiarity or relying on pre-Gospel tradition. This forward reference creates narrative anticipation and suggests that the anointing and the raising of Lazarus are connected events in John's theological scheme.
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