XIII. SIMON the Leper; he dwelt at Bethany, near Jerusalem1. Jesus coming thither a few Days before his Passion, was invited by Simon the Leper to eat with him. Lazarus, whom our Saviour had raised from the Dead some time before, was at Table with them. Martha, his Sister, was very busy in attending upon them; and Mary, his other Sister, to shew her Love and Respect for our Saviour, brought a Box of Perfumes, which she pour’d out upon his Feet. This Entertainment is very different from that which our Saviour had about two Years before, at the House of Simon the Pharisee; as likewise Mary the Sister of Lazarus was a different Person from the Sinner of Nain.
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Matth. xxvi. 6. Mark xiv. 8. John xi. 1, 2. xii. 3, 4, 5. In the 33d Year of the vulgar Era, five or six Days before the Death of Christ. ↩