WHAT SORT of KING?
Taken from JOHN: The people's bible commentary
author: Richard A. Burridge
contributor: BRF - Richard A. Burridge
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WHAT SORT of KING
Although Mary’s anointing Jesus’ feet hinted at a burial, rather than anointing the head as for a king, the next scene looks like a coronation. Once again, John tells it differently from the other gospels with a particular focus on what it means to call Jesus king. In the Synoptics, it is Jesus’ first visit to Jerusalem, his ‘entry’, while John has shown him at all the major feasts there over several years…
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