14:1,2
The climax was fast approaching, with only two days to go before the Passover and the Festival of unleavened bread. The religious leaders were plotting furiously to have Jesus arrested and killed. But they wanted to avoid doing this during the festival. They were fearful of a riot, which would have brought down the heavy hand of Rome upon them. As we know, the climactic events did take place during the festival. Men make their plans, and men have responsibility for their actions, but it is God who is in control.
14:3
We have another dinner event, Luke records several of these. This time Jesus is at the house of Simon the Leper. Presumably this means that Simon had had leprosy, but was now cured. The use of the term “leprosy” in the Bible does not always just mean the disease we know as leprosy, but was applied to other skin diseases as well. While at the table a woman came in with a jar of very expensive perfume, and she poured the perfume over Jesus’ head.
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