KuJohane isahluko 12 isidlo endlini kaSimoni sihlelwe ngokwehlukile. UJohane 12:1 ubika ukuthi uJesu wafika eBethaniya elingaseJerusalema “izinsuku eziyisithupha ngaphambi kwePhasika,” okunguNisan 8. Khona-ke Joh 12 amavesi 2 kuya ku-8 achaza isidlo sakusihlwa eBethaniya, futhi Joh 12 amavesi 9-11 asitshela ukuthi amaJuda ayezwile ukuthi uJesu wayelapho aphuma ukuyombona. Joh 12 Amavesi 12-15 athi “ngangomuso” uKristu wangena eJerusalema engonqobayo. (Qhathanisa nezEnzo 20:7-11.) Ngakho-ke, uJohane 12:1-15 ubonisa ukuthi isidlo endlini kaSimoni sasingoNisan 9 kusihlwa, lokho okwakungaphawula ukuqalisa kosuku olusha ngokwekhalenda lamaJuda, olulandelwa ukungena kukaJesu eJerusalema emini ngalolosuku (Nisan 9).

Nokho, uJohane uyalunikeza usuku oluqondile lwedili, ekuboniseni lokhu wakhuluma ngalo esimweni salo sokulandelana kwezenzakalo. Lokhu kusekela isiphetho sokuthi isidlo sakusihlwa endlini kaSimoni salandela ukufika kukaJesu eBethaniya ngoNisan 8, 33 C.E. Futhi, khumbula ukwaziswa kukaJohane kokuthi amaJuda ‘ayezwe ukuthi uJesu wayeseBethaniya’ asuka eJerusalema ukuzobona yena noLazaru, naye owayehlala eBethaniya futhi odadewabo ababekhona edilini. Lokhu kuhambela kwamaJuda ayezwile ngokuba khona kukaJesu eBethaniya kufanele ukuba kwenzeka ngaphambi kokungena kwakhe eJerusalema, futhi ngokunokwenzeka kwaba nengxenye ekwamukelweni okunomdlandla kukaKristu phakathi nokungena kwakhe emzini “ngangomuso,” emini ngo-Nisan 9.