# General Information: Jesus is at dinner in Bethany when Mary anoints his feet with oil. # Six days before the Passover The author uses these words to mark the beginning of a new event. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-newevent]]) # had raised from the dead This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "had made alive again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])