It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 11:2 in context
John 11:1–5
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Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
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It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
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The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”
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But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”
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Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
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