Luke 8:42

8:42 because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. ¹ 

As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed ²  around him.

John 4:46-47

Healing the Royal Official’s Son

4:46 Now he came again to Cana ³  in Galilee where he had made the water wine. ⁴  In ⁵  Capernaum ⁶  there was a certain royal official ⁷  whose son was sick. 4:47 When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and begged him ⁸  to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.

John 11:2-3

11:2 (Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed oil ⁹  and wiped his feet dry with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) ¹⁰  11:3 So the sisters sent a message ¹¹  to Jesus, ¹²  “Lord, look, the one you love is sick.”

[8:42]  ¹ tn This imperfect verb could be understood ingressively: “she was beginning to die” or “was approaching death.”

[8:42]  ² sn Pressed is a very emphatic term – the crowds were pressing in so hard that one could hardly breathe (L&N 19.48).

[4:46]  ³ map For location see Map1 C3; Map2 D2; Map3 C5.

[4:46]  ⁴ sn See John 2:1-11.

[4:46]  ⁵ tn Grk “And in.”

[4:46]  ⁶ sn Capernaum was a town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, 680 ft (204 m) below sea level. It was a major trade and economic center in the North Galilean region.

[4:46]  ⁷ tn Although βασιλικός (basiliko") has often been translated “nobleman” it is almost certainly refers here to a servant of Herod, tetrarch of Galilee (who in the NT is called a king, Matt 14:9, Mark 6:14-29). Capernaum was a border town, so doubtless there were many administrative officials in residence there.

[4:47]  ⁸ tn The direct object of ἠρώτα (hrwta) is supplied from context. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[11:2]  ⁹ tn Or “perfume,” “ointment.”

[11:2]  ¹⁰ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. It is a bit surprising that the author here identifies Mary as the one who anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet dry with her hair, since this event is not mentioned until later, in 12:3. Many see this “proleptic” reference as an indication that the author expected his readers to be familiar with the story already, and go on to assume that in general the author in writing the Fourth Gospel assumed his readers were familiar with the other three gospels. Whether the author assumed actual familiarity with the synoptic gospels or not, it is probable that he did assume some familiarity with Mary’s anointing activity.

[11:3]  ¹¹ tn The phrase “a message” is not in the Greek text but is implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from context.

[11:3]  ¹² tn Grk “to him, saying”; the referent (Jesus) is specified in the translation for clarity.