إنجيل القدّيس يوحنّا 11-1:12.57-55:11
كَانَ فِصْحُ اليَهُودِ قَريبًا، فَصَعِدَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ القُرَى إِلى أُورَشَلِيمَ قَبْلَ الفِصْحِ لِيَتَطَهَّرُوا.
وكَانُوا يَطْلُبُونَ يَسُوع، ويَقُولُونَ فيمَا بَيْنَهُم، وهُم قِيَامٌ في الهَيْكَل: «مَاذَا تَظُنُّون؟ أَلا يَأْتِي إِلى العِيد؟».
وكَانَ الأَحْبَارُ والفَرِّيسِيُّونَ قَدْ أَصْدَرُوا هذَا الأَمْر: عَلى كُلِّ مَنْ يَعْلَمُ أَيْنَ هُوَ يَسُوعُ أَنْ يُبَلِّغَ عَنْهُ، لِيَقْبِضُوا عَلَيْه.
قَبْلَ الفِصْحِ بِسِتَّةِ أَيَّام، جَاءَ يَسُوعُ إِلى بَيْتَ عَنْيَا، حَيْثُ كَانَ لَعَازَرُ الَّذِي أَقَامَهُ مِنْ بَينِ الأَمْوَات.
فَأَعَدُّوا لَهُ هُنَاكَ عَشَاء، وكَانَتْ مَرْتَا تَخْدُم، وكَانَ لَعَازَرُ أَحَدَ المُتَّكِئِينَ مَعَهُ.
وأَخَذَتْ مَرْيَمُ قَارُورَةَ طِيبٍ مِنْ خَالِصِ النَّاردِينِ الغَالِي الثَّمَن، فَدَهَنَتْ قَدَمَي يَسُوعَ، ونَشَّفَتْهُمَا بِشَعْرِهَا، وعَبَقَ البَيْتُ بِرَائِحَةِ الطِّيب.
قَالَ يَهُوذَا الإِسْخَرْيُوطيّ، أَحَدُ تَلامِيذِ يَسُوع، الَّذي كَانَ مُزْمِعًا أَنْ يُسْلِمَهُ:
«لِمَاذَا لَمْ يُبَعْ هذَا الطِّيبُ بِثَلاثِ مِئَةِ دِينَار، ويُوَزَّعْ ثَمَنُهُ على الفُقَرَاء؟».
قَالَ هذَا، لا ٱهْتِمَامًا مِنْهُ بِٱلفُقَرَاء، بَلْ لأَنَّهُ كَانَ سَارِقًا، والصُّنْدُوقُ مَعَهُ، وكَانَ يَخْتَلِسُ مَا يُلْقَى فِيه.
فَقَالَ يَسُوع: «دَعْهَا! فَقَدْ حَفِظَتْهُ إِلى يَوْمِ دَفْنِي!
أَلفُقَرَاءُ مَعَكُم في كُلِّ حِين. أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَسْتُ في كُلِّ حِينٍ مَعَكُم».
وعَلِمَ جَمْعٌ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ اليَهُودِ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ هُنَاك، فَجَاؤُوا، لا مِنْ أَجْلِ يَسُوعَ وَحْدَهُ، بَلْ لِيَرَوا أَيْضًا لَعَازَرَ الَّذي أَقَامَهُ مِنْ بَينِ الأَمْوَات.
فَعَزَمَ الأَحْبَارُ على قَتْلِ لَعَازَرَ أَيْضًا،
لأَنَّ كَثِيرِينَ مِنَ اليَهُودِ كَانُوا بِسَبَبِهِ يَذْهَبُونَ ويُؤْمِنُونَ بِيَسُوع.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 11:45-56.
Many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what Jesus had done began to believe in him.
But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs.
If we leave him alone, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our land and our nation.”
But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing,
nor do you consider that it is better for you that one man should die instead of the people, so that the whole nation may not perish.”
He did not say this on his own, but since he was high priest for that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,
and not only for the nation, but also to gather into one the dispersed children of God.
So from that day on they planned to kill him.
So Jesus no longer walked about in public among the Jews, but he left for the region near the desert, to a town called Ephraim, and there he remained with his disciples.
Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before Passover to purify themselves.
They looked for Jesus and said to one another as they were in the temple area, “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?”