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Lazarus and Mary of Bethany
How Lazarus and Mary of Bethany are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Lazarus and Mary of Bethany were siblings.
Mary of Bethany, who anointed the Lord, was the sister of Lazarus. John introduces her as the one "whose brother Lazarus was sick".
whose brother Lazarus was sick
John 11:2, King James Version
Where they cross: John 11:1-2
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
John 11:1-2
1Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
2(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
King James Version