John 12:7
Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
KJV
εἶπεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἄφες αὐτήν, ἵνα εἰς τὴν ἡμέραν τοῦ ἐνταφιασμοῦ μου τηρήσῃ αὐτό·
Greek NT
Dixit ergo Jesus : Sinite illam ut in diem sepulturæ meæ servet illud.
Vulgate
Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying.
ASV
Jesus therefore said: Let her alone, that she may keep it against the day of my burial.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
τηρέω
tereo
verb · 71×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐνταφιασμός
entaphiasmos
noun · 2×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
trivial
SBLGNT: ἵνα | WH/Treg/NIV: ἵνα
- ἵνα — SBLGNT
- ἵνα — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τηρήσῃ | WH/Treg/NIV: τηρήσῃ | RP: τετήρηκεν
- τηρήσῃ — SBLGNT
- τηρήσῃ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τετήρηκεν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Mark 14:6 — And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
- Mark 14:8 — She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
- Matt 26:10 — When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
- Matt 26:12 — For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
- Matt 26:12 — For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
- Matt 27:57 — When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple: