The Gospel of John, since the beginning of the 20th century, has been studied by numerous exegetes through the Historical-Critical Method (HCM), which brought and still brings several contributions to the study of the text. With their emergence, around the 80s of the last century, the so-called New Methods of Literary Analysis brought renewed vigor to biblical interpretation and produced a greater dialogue with diachronic methods. This article proposes to use the steps of Narrative Analysis, for the exegetical study of Jo 12,1-8 and, based on its results, reflect on the central core of the pericope, as well as on the elements that stand out in the text through the use of this synchronic method. Therefore, after the introduction, the writing is divided into four parts: textual criticism; segmentation and translation; narrative analysis and an exposition of the narrative theology of the pericope. The conclusion points out the collaborations about what was analyzed, proposes a new title for the pericope and offers new contributions from the application of this method to the text of Jo 12,1-8.