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NASB | John 11:2 It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 11:2 It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. [John 12:3] |
Subject: why is mary anointing christ said first |
Bible Note: Rosegirl - I'm with Tim: I don't know anything about Mary and Martha and their friendship with Jesus except what Scripture reveals. ..... I would like to point out something that for years has made a distinct impression on me, and I'll illustrate it in the following way. Several years ago the novels of James A. Michener were quite popular, but if you've ever read Michener you may find, as I have, that he tends to be not a little wordy. Ask Michener the time of day and he is likely to explain in minute detail the history of watchmaking! Ever the avid reader, I read one of his novels, "The Source" I believe it was, and decided to read more Michener. So I picked up another thick book of his called "Texas" and began to wade through it, but I put it down and walked away, having read only about half of it. Why? Too voluminous, too many details. My interest lagged, my concentration flagged, and I found myself nodding off in the presence of so daunting a number of words. I lost sight of the forest by having to read so much detail about the trees! ...... Now, to contrast that kind of writing with the kind we find in God's word. Never have I found myself bogged down by wordiness and struggling to to find the point of a passage. The Bible is written with an economy of words. How can anyone miss the point of Jesus' parables because Jesus got bogged down in detail? He never did that. He was always terse, precise and to the point. ........ All four of the Gospels taken together contain only 82,590 words (in the KJV), yet I don't know of a single "life of Christ" written by an uninspired author that is nearly as brief as all four Gospels of the New Testament put together. ...... So, my point is this: There are no idle words in Scripture, no fillers, no drawn-out background information or detail beyond what the Holy Spirit inspired the human writers to record. Sure, some of us would like to have more detail on this or that, perhaps; but just how necessary is it, really? We have in the 66 books of the Bible, I surely do believe, every word that God wants us to have; every word that is necessary for man to learn of God's plan of redemption; every word that is necessary to teach His followers how to live a life of holiness pleasing to God. In short, "All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work" (2 Timothy 3:16). ...... We know that much more could have been written about the life of Jesus, because John tells us so at the end of his Gospel: "Many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name (John 20:30,31). No secular writing, however long or short, can make the promise John made! --Hank |