Day 12 of 21
John 12
Mary anoints Jesus for burial, he enters Jerusalem as king, announces that his hour has come, and calls for faith while many refuse to believe.
This hinge chapter closes Jesus' public ministry and turns the Gospel toward the Passion narrative.
“As the time approached in which our Lord had resolved to suffer, He approached the place which He had chosen for the scene of His suffering: Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany. First, He went to Bethany, then to Jerusalem; to Jerusalem to suffer, to Bethany to keep alive the recollection of the recent resurrection of Lazarus; Where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom He raised from the dead.”
“On the tenth day of the month they took the lamb which was to be sacrificed on the passover, and from that time began the preparation for the feast. Or rather the ninth day of the month, i.e. six days before the passover, was the commencement of the feast. They feasted abundantly on that day. Thus we find Jesus partook of a banquet at Bethany: There they made Him a supper, and Martha served. That Martha served, shows…”
Catena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain
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