Mary
Mary (sister of Lazarus)
Mentioned AD 32–33 traditional (Jones)
Mary the sister of Lazarus is brought to our notice in connection with the visits of our Lord to Bethany. She is contrasted with her sister Martha, who was “cumbered about many things” while Jesus was their guest, while Mary had chosen “the good part.” Her character also appears in connection with the death of her brother (John 11:20, 31, 33).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
- Tagged in
- 11 verses
- Mentioned in the era of the New Testament, 4 BC to AD 100.
- Named in the same verses as Martha and Lazarus.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
Family
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Stories
3 events in which Mary takes part, in order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).
- AD 29Jesus meets Martha and MaryLuke 10:38-42
- AD 30Lazarus Raised form the DeadJohn 11:1-46
- AD 30Mary Anoints JesusJohn 12:1-11
Places
Places named in the same verses as Mary, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.
- likely location: Bethany1
Timeline
The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, AD 7–58, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.
Mentions
11 tagged verses in 2 books. Select a book to read its verses.
The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Mary 57 |
| KJV | Mary 54 |
| ASV | Mary 54 |
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Every verse
All 11 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
Luke2 verses
John9 verses
- 11:1
At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
- 11:2
(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
- 11:19
and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.
- 11:20
So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him, but Mary stayed at home.
- 11:28
After Martha had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”
- 11:31
When the Jews who were in the house consoling Mary saw how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
- 11:32
When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
- 11:45
Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
- 12:3
Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.
Mary the sister of Lazarus is brought to our notice in connection with the visits of our Lord to Bethany. She is contrasted with her sister Martha, who was “cumbered about many things” while Jesus was their guest, while Mary had chosen “the good part.” Her character also appears in connection with the death of her brother (John 11:20, 31, 33). On the occasion of our Lord’s last visit to Bethany, Mary brought “a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus” as he reclined at table in the house of one Simon, who had been a leper (Matt. 26:6; Mark 14:3; John 12:2, 3). This was an evidence of her overflowing love to the Lord. Nothing is known of her subsequent history. It would appear from this act of Mary’s, and from the circumstance that they possessed a family vault (11:38), and that a large number of Jews from Jerusalem came to condole with them on the death of Lazarus (11:19), that this family at Bethany belonged to the wealthier class of the people.