⁵³So from that day they resolved that they should kill him. ⁵⁴So Jesus was no longer walking openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.

⁵⁵Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the surrounding country before the Passover, so that they could purify themselves. ⁵⁶So they were looking for Jesus, and were speaking with one another while^* standing in the temple courts,^* “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?” ⁵⁷(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, they should report it,^* in order that they could arrest him.)

Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany

12Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. ²So they made him a dinner there, and Martha was serving, but Lazarus was one of the ones reclining at table with him. ³Then Mary took a pound^a of ointment of very valuable genuine nard and^* anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

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Footnotes

*Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“standing”) which is understood as temporal
*Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
aThe Greek term refers to a Roman pound, 327.45 grams (approximately 12 ounces)
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took”) has been translated as a finite verb