Sunday Scripture Podcast

Episode 228: Sermon - John 12:1-8 - Mary Anoints Jesus


Listen Later

c4_03_23_25_#135_John 12:1-8_Blank


{ILS} Layers of tension in a room

  • The Traitors, the agendas, the votes

    • The thing is, the people that turn always surprise

  • Compare the photo to the last supper

    • There is an issue of expectations and true outcomes 


  • {SCR} John 12:1 Six days before Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, home of Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 Lazarus and his sisters hosted a dinner for him. Martha served and Lazarus was among those who joined him at the table. 3 Then Mary took an extraordinary amount, almost three-quarters of a pound, of very expensive perfume made of pure nard. She anointed Jesus’ feet with it, then wiped his feet dry with her hair. The house was filled with the aroma of the perfume. 


    {MPT} The Passover Day

    • Our tremendous pain and burden may be coming to an end

    • Incredible violence upon another nation, in order to be free


    • {MPT} The Passover Anniversary for Centuries

      • Gathering to remember

      • To offer gratitude 

      • To hope for the future


      • {MPT} The Journey to the City

        • Gospel stories are completely driven by events while eating

        • Challenges for the people preset

          • Behavioral expectations

          • Contrasting motivations

          • Personal determinations Fear and dread for the days to come


          • {SCR} John 12:4 Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), complained, 5 “This perfume was worth a year’s wages! Why wasn’t it sold and the money given to the poor?” 6 He said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He carried the money bag and would take what was in it.)7 Then Jesus said, “Leave her alone. This perfume was to be used in preparation for my burial, and this is how she has used it. 8 You will always have the poor among you, but you won’t always have me.”



            {MPT} The Circle of Judgement

            • Mary is showing humility and generosity

            • Judas judging the money she spent on the act

            • John in the moment and as the author of the gospel - judging Judas

            • For whom does Jesus make this sacrifice?



              • Challenges for the people preset

              • Behavioral expectations

              • Contrasting motivations

              • Personal determinations 

              • Fear and dread for the days to come

              • ...more
                View all episodesView all episodes
                Download on the App Store

                Sunday Scripture PodcastBy Sunday Scripture Podcast

                • 4.9
                • 4.9
                • 4.9
                • 4.9
                • 4.9

                4.9

                15 ratings