John 12:2
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And they made him a supper there: and Martha served. But Lazarus was one of them that were at table with him.

Luke 10:38
Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain town: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

Luke 10:40
But Martha was busy about much serving. Who stood and said: Lord, hast thou no care that my sister hath left me alone to serve? Speak to her therefore, that she help me.

Luke 10:41
And the Lord answering, said to her: Martha, Martha, thou art careful and art troubled about many things:

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And they made him a supper there: and Martha served. But Lazarus was one of them that were at table with him.

they made.

Songs 4:16 Arise, O north wind, and come, O south wind, blow through my garden, and let the aromatical spices thereof flow.

Songs 5:1 Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat the fruit of his apple trees. I am come into my garden, O my sister, my spouse, I have gathered my myrrh, with my aromatical spices: I have eaten the honeycomb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends, and drink, and be inebriated, my dearly beloved.

Luke 5:29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: And there was a great company of publicans and of others that were at table with them.

Luke 14:12 And he said to him also that had invited him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends nor thy brethren nor thy kinsmen nor thy neighbours who are rich; lest perhaps they also invite thee again, and a recompense be made to thee.

Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the gate and knock. If any man shall hear my voice and open to me the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him: and he with me.

Martha.

Matthew 26:6 And when Jesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper,

Mark 14:3 And when he was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper, and was at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of precious spikenard. And breaking the alabaster box, she poured it out upon his head.

Luke 10:38-42 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain town: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. . . .

Luke 12:37 Blessed are those servants whom the Lord, when he cometh, shall find watching. Amen I say to you that he will gird himself and make them sit down to meat and passing will minister unto them.

Luke 22:27 For which is greater, he that sitteth at table or he that serveth? Is not he that sitteth at table? But I am in the midst of you, as he that serveth.

Lazarus.

John 12:9,10 A great multitude therefore of the Jews knew that he was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. . . .

John 11:43,44 When he had said these things, he cried with a loud voice: Lazarus, come forth. . . .

Context
Mary Anoints Jesus
1Jesus therefore, six days before the pasch, came to Bethania, where Lazarus had been dead, whom Jesus raised to life. 2And they made him a supper there: and Martha served. But Lazarus was one of them that were at table with him. 3Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of right spikenard, of great price, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.…
Lexicon
So
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

they hosted
ἐποίησαν (epoiēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

a dinner
δεῖπνον (deipnon)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 1173: A dinner, an afternoon or evening meal. From the same as dapane; dinner, i.e. The chief meal.

for [Jesus]
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

there.
ἐκεῖ (ekei)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 1563: (a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there. Of uncertain affinity; there; by extension, thither.

Martha
Μάρθα (Martha)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3136: Martha, sister of Mary and Lazarus of Bethany. Probably of Chaldee origin; Martha, a Christian woman.

served,
διηκόνει (diēkonei)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1247: From diakonos; to be an attendant, i.e. Wait upon (figuratively) teacher; technically, to act as a Christian deacon.

and
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

Lazarus
Λάζαρος (Lazaros)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2976: Probably of Hebrew origin; Lazarus, the name of two Israelites.

was
ἦν (ēn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

among
εἷς (heis)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.

those
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

reclining at the table
ἀνακειμένων (anakeimenōn)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 345: To recline, especially at a dinner-table. From ana and keimai; to recline.

with
σὺν (syn)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 4862: With. A primary preposition denoting union; with or together.

Him.
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


Additional Translations
So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.

Therefore they made Him a supper there, and Martha was serving, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with Him.

There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

So they made him a supper there: and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them that sat at meat with him.

There therefore they made him a supper, and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those at table with him.

So they made him a supper there: and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them that sat at meat with him.

There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

So they gave a dinner there in honour of Jesus, at which Martha waited at table, but Lazarus was one of the guests who were with Him.

So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.

they made, therefore, to him a supper there, and Martha was ministering, and Lazarus was one of those reclining together (at meat) with him;
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