John 12 - Introduction

Jesus Is Anointed And Enters Jerusalem In Triumph.

The crisis resulting from the raising of Lazarus moves the narrative into its final stage. That miracle is mentioned here twice, once in John 12:1 and again in John 12:9, and there is a reminder of it in John 12:2; John 12:17. And the final end of Jesus was so important in John's eyes that he devotes nearly half His Gospel to it. In it he will present Jesus as the suffering Son of Man and Messiah, and as the pure Lamb of God being offered for the sins of the world.