John 12 is the twelfth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It narrates an anointing of Jesus' feet, attributed to Mary of Bethany, as well as an account of the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. The author of the book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that John composed this Gospel. Text The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 50 verses. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Koine Greek are: Papyrus 75 (AD 175–225) Papyrus 66 (~200) Codex Vaticanus (325-350) Codex Sinaiticus (330-360) Codex Bezae (~400) Codex Alexandrinus (400-440) Papyrus 2 (~550; extant verses 12–15) Papyrus 128 (6th/7th century; extant verses 16–18) Papyrus 59 (7th century; extant verses 25, 29, 31, 35) Places Events recorded in this chapter refer to the following locations: Bethany (John 11:1), about 15 stadia (15 furlongs or 2 miles) away from Jerusalem (John 11:18) Jerusalem Old Testament references : : : a; : : New Testament references : The anointing at Bethany (12:1–8) Verse 1–3 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead. The narrative suggests that Jesus and His disciples travelled to Bethany from Ephraim, where Jesus had been staying to avoid the Jewish leaders who were plotting to kill him (). He dined with Lazarus, Martha and Mary, a family well known to Jesus (). This family group had been introduced to the readers of John's Gospel in chapter 11, with Mary being described in as "that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair", the event recounted in . Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. Verse 12:3 is curiously foretold in verse 11:2, and shows many striking similarities with, but also differences from, various traditions narrated in the other canonical gospels, which has created much scholarly controversy. New Testament scholars try to establish how John's narrative of the raising of Lazarus and the subsequent feet-anointing of Jesus by Mary of Bethany (John 11:1–12:11,17) was composed by seeking to explain its apparent relationships