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Meditation: Anonymous friends
There are so many anonymous people in the story of the life of Jesus. And so many others we only know by name. Even in the last few days of his life there were supporters who appear from nowhere and disappear just as quickly, but they play a vital part in a key point of this history.
According to Mark’s gospel, Simon the leper hosted the meal at which an anonymous woman poured perfume over Jesus in an extravagant gesture that will never be forgotten. Then a nameless man led the disciples to the Upper Room where they would share their last Passover meal with Jesus – an arrangement that must have been made in advance. A young man – it could have been Mark himself – followed the disciples and Jesus to the garden of Gethsemane and witnessed the incidents surrounding the arrest of Jesus.
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