John 12 · Verse 7

John 12:7

Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
John 12:7, King James Version

John 12:7 in other translations

BSB“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.
WEBBut Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.
ASVJesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying.
YLTJesus, therefore, said, ‘Suffer her; for the day of my embalming she hath kept it,
DARBYJesus therefore said, Suffer her to have kept this for the day of my preparation for burial;
BBEThen Jesus said, Let her be. Let her keep what she has for the day of my death.
WebsterThen said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burial hath she kept this.

What does John 12:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 12:1-8

Joh 12:1-11. The Anointing at Bethany. (See on Mt 26:6-13). 1-8. six days before the passover--that is, on the sixth day before it; probably after sunset on Friday evening, or the commencement of the Jewish sabbath preceding the passover.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this - Several MSS. and versions read thus: - Αφες αυτην, ἱνα εις την ἡμεραντου ενταφιασμου μου τηρησῃ - Let her alone, That she may keep it to the day of my embalming. This is the reading of BDLQ, four others, Arabic, Coptic, Ethiopic, Armenian, later Syriac in the margin, Slavonic, Vulgate, all the Itala but one; Nonnus, Ambrosius, Gaudentius, and Augustin. This reading, which has the approbation of Mill, Bengel, Griesbach, Pearce, and others, intimates that only a part of the ointment was then used, and that the rest was kept till the time that the women came to embalm the body of Jesus: Luk 24:1. See the notes on Mat 26:12, Mat 26:13.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 12:1-11

Christ had formerly blamed Martha for being troubled with much serving. But she did not leave off serving, as some, who when found fault with for going too far in one way, peevishly run too far another way; she still served, but within hearing of Christ's gracious words. Mary gave a token of love to Christ, who had given real tokens of his love to her and her family. God's Anointed should be our Anointed. Has God…

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John 12:7 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΕἶπενEipenSaidG2036
οὖνounthereforeG3767
ὁho<the>G3588
Ἰησοῦς·IēsousJesus;G2424
ἄφεςaphesdo leave aloneG863
αὐτήν,autēnher,G846
ἵναinaso thatG2443
εἰςeisforG1519
τὴνtēntheG3588
ἡμέρανhēmerandayG2250
τοῦtouof theG3588
ἐνταφιασμοῦentaphiasmouburialG1780
μουmouof MineG3165
τηρήσῃtērēsēshe may keepG5083
αὐτό·autoit;G846

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Cross references for John 12:7

  • Matthew 26:12

    For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

  • Mark 14:6

    And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.

  • Matthew 27:57-60

    When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple: He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

  • Matthew 26:10

    When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

  • Mark 15:42-47

    And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. …

  • Zechariah 3:2

    And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?

  • Luke 23:50

    And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:

  • Psalms 109:31

    For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

  • John 19:38-42

    And after this Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. …

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Let.
Ps 109:31; Zec 3:2; Mt 26:10; Mr 14:6
against.
19:38-42; Mt 26:12; 27:57-60; Mr 15:42-47; Lu 23:50

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Context

  • John 12:6

    This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

  • John 12:7

    Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

  • John 12:8

    For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

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John 12:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces Jesús dijo: Déjala: para el día de mi sepultura ha guardado esto;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Jésus donc dit: Permets-lui d’avoir gardé ceci pour le jour de ma sépulture.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da sprach Jesus: Erlaube ihr, es auf den Tag meines Begräbnisses aufbewahrt zu haben;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dixit ergo Jesus: Sinite illam ut in diem sepulturæ meæ servet illud.