Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well, [ sootheesetai (G4982)] - literally, 'be saved' or 'preserved'-that is, 'shall recover:' and if so, why run the risk of going to Judea?
Verse John 11:12. _IF HE SLEEP, HE SHALL DO WELL._] That is, _if he sleep_ _only_, c. Though the word sleep frequently meant death, (see Acts 7:60; 1 Corinthians 11:30;...
IF THE SLEEP, HE SHALL DO WELL - Sleep was regarded by the Jews, in sickness, as a favorable symptom; hence it was said among them, “Sleep in sickness is a sign of recovery, because it shows that the...
CHAPTER 11 _ 1. The Sickness of Lazarus Announced. (John 11:1 .)_ 2. The Delayed Departure and the Death of Lazarus. (John 11:5 .) 3. The Arrival at Bethany. (John 11:17 .) 4. Weeping with Them Tha...
JOHN 11. THE RAISING OF LAZARAS. John 11:1. The Miracle. The withdrawal to Peræ a is brought to a sudden end by the illness of Jesus-' friend Lazarus. Bethany, to distinguish it from the Bethany beyon...
IF HE SLEEP, HE WILL DO WELL. The disciples took the Lord's words literally. They were all interested in the case of Lazarus and regarded him as. friend, but did not wish Jesus to return to the vicini...
Jesus said these things, and then he went on to say: "Our friend Lazarus is sleeping; but I am going to waken him up." "Lord, the disciples said to him, "if he is sleeping he will recover." But Jesus...
ON THE ROAD TO GLORY (John 11:1-5)...
THEN. Therefore. if. App-118. SHALL DO WELL. shall be saved. Greek. sozo', as in John 10:9....
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
_Then said his disciples_ Better, THEREFORE _said the disciples_ TO HIM. They catch at any chance of escape from the dreaded journey. _if he sleeps he shall do well_ Better, _if he_ BE FALLEN ASLEEP,...
THE PRELUDE TO THE SIGN...
ΕἾΠΟΝ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ΑΥ̓. ΟἹ Μ. THE DISCIPLES THEREFORE _said to Him;_—catching at any chance of escape from the dreaded journey. They accept it as quite natural that Jesus should _know_ that Lazarus sleeps, a...
Ver 11. These things said he: and after that he says to them, Our friend Lazarus sleeps; but I go that I may awake him out of sleep. 12. Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. 1...
_THE DEATH OF LAZARUS -- JOHN 11:1-16:_ Jesus had three special friends in Bethany. They were Mary, Martha and Lazarus. This Mary was the same person who poured perfume on the Lord's head and wiped hi...
ΕΊΠΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΚΕΚΟΊΜΗΤΑΙ _perf. ind. pass. от_ ΚΟΙΜΆΩ (G2837) спать, засыпать. Cond. _прид._ предполагает, что он умер, ΣΩΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass. от_ ΣΏΖΩ (G4982)...
LORD, IF HE SLEEP, HE SHALL DO WELL.— The disciples, understanding our Lord's words in a literal sense, replied, that they took Lazarus's sleeping as a favourable symptom of his speedy recovery; and,...
THE PURPOSE EXPLANED _Text 11:7-16_ 7 Then after this he saith _to_ the disciples, Let us _go_ into Judea again. 8 The disciples say unto him, Rabbi, the Jews were but now seeking to stone thee;...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 11:11-27 The following is a suggested Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:- In the previous lesson we have seen how the Lord Jesus received a touch...
34 The term "gods" is translated "judges" in Exo_21:6; Exo_22:8-9, where it refers to men. But our Lord does not appeal to this, but to Psa_82:6 where the context clearly excludes men. The mighty spir...
CHRIST THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE 1-44. The raising of Lazarus. The last and greatest of the seven 'signs' recorded in this Gospel is related with such photographic minuteness of detail, that it is...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 11 LAZARUS DIES 11:1-16 V1-2 A man called Lazarus was ill. He lived in Bethany. He had two sisters, Mary and Martha. (M...
THEN SAID HIS DISCIPLES. — Better, _Therefore_... Their remark immediately arises out of what our Lord has said. They are glad to catch at any reason for not going to Judæa. IF HE SLEEP, HE SHALL DO W...
CHAPTER 23 JESUS THE RESURRECTION AND LIFE. “Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha. And it was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment,...
JESUS FACES DEATH FOR HIS FRIEND John 11:1-16 Sickness enters homes even where God is honored and loved. It is permitted because it affords an opportunity and platform for His delivering help. We sho...
Here we have the account of the last sign wrought by Jesus as recorded by John, namely, the raising of Lazarus. Very beautiful in this connection is the depiction of the sorrow of the sisters, and our...
To men indeed he was dead, but to God he slept. For the Almighty as easily raised him from his grave, as man can raise the slumberer from his bead. (St. Augustine, tract. 49. in Joan.)...
CHAPTER 9 RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS John 11:1-44. “ _And a certain one was sick_: _Lazarus_, _of Bethany_, _the village of Mary and Martha her sister_.” John, who accompanied Jesus, very discreetly omi...
I. THE PREPARATION: JOHN 11:1-16. John first describes the general situation, John 11:1-2; then, the conduct of Jesus towards the two sisters, John 11:3-6; finally, His conversations with the disciple...
FIRST SECTION: 11:1-57. THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS. No scene in this gospel is presented in so detailed and dramatic a manner. There is none from which appears more distinctly the character of Jesus...
“ _He spoke thus, and after this he says to them, Lazarus, our friend, sleeps; but I go to awaken him._ 12. _Whereupon they said to him;Lord, if he sleeps, he will recover._ 13. _But Jesus had spoken...
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. (2) (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brot...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
12._If he sleepeth, he will recover. _(313) Replying that _sleep _will have a salutary effect on Lazarus, they thus endeavor indirectly to dissuade Christ from going thither. And yet they do not craft...
We come now to the testimony which the Father renders to Jesus in answer to His rejection. In this chapter the power of resurrection and of life in His own Person are presented to faith. [40] But here...
THEN SAID HIS DISCIPLES, LORD, IF HE SLEEP,.... Soundly, quietly, and comfortably, and takes rest in it: HE SHALL DO WELL; or "be saved" from the disease; he will be delivered from it; he will recove...
Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. Ver. 12. _If he sleep, he shall do well_] Sleep (saith one) is the nurse of nature, the sweet parenthesis of all thy griefs and cares....
_These things said he_ To silence their objections, and prepare their minds for what he yet concealed; and after that, as he perfectly knew what had passed at Bethany, though so many miles distant fro...
THEN SAID HIS DISCIPLES, LORD, IF HE SLEEP, HE SHALL DO WELL....
The announcement of the death of Lazarus:...
THE DEATH OF LAZARUS (vs.1-27) The raising of Lazarus in this chapter is a striking witness to the fact that the plotting of the Jews to kill the Lord Jesus was vanity; for He Himself is superior to...
11-16 Since we are sure to rise again at the last, why should not the believing hope of that resurrection to eternal life, make it as easy for us to put off the body and die, as it is to put off our...
Sleeping moderately is a good sign, we know, in most diseases; this makes the disciples say, that if Lazarus slept he should do well....
A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity Or when it was said by the same: "Father, I knew that Thou hearest me always; but on account of those who stand around I said it, that they may believe t...
John 11:12 Then G3767 His G846 disciples G3101 said G2036 (G5627) Lord G2962 if G1487 sleeps G2837 ...
‘The disciples therefore said to him, “Lord, if he is fallen asleep he will recover.” Then Jesus therefore said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there so...
John 11:12. THE DISCIPLES THEREFORE SAID UNTO HIM, LORD, IF HE HATH FALLEN ASLEEP, HE SHALL BE SAVED. We can hardly escape the thought that they have in their mind some tidings brought at the same tim...
The manifestation of Jesus by Himself is about to terminate so far at least as the world is concerned, and it does so in His revealing Himself as the Resurrection and the Life, the Conqueror of death...
HE WILL RECOVER (σωθησετα). Future passive indicative of σωζω used in its original sense of being or getting well (safe and sound). Conclusion of the condition of the first class (ε κεκοιμητα)....
John 11 In selecting this word we are struck with the frequency of its occurrence in this chapter. There is: I. The "If" of wisdom. Jesus answered "If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not." The...
John 11:1. _Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town or Mary and her sister Martha._ In God's book, towns are most remarkable for saints that dwell in them. «The town of Mary a...
John 11:1. _Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha._ To many people, it may have seemed an event of no particular importance that «a certain man...
CONTENTS: Raising of Lazarus. Enmity of the Pharisees against Jesus. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Lazarus, Mary, Martha, disciples, Pharisees, Thomas, Caiaphas. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ is the resurrection an...
John 11:2. _It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment._ The allusion to this anointing is obscure. It could not be to the similar occurrence in Luke 7., for that was a woman of the city;...
OUR FRIEND LAZARUS HAS FALLEN ASLEEP. Jesus called death "sleep" more than once, because it is only temporary. Compare Matthew 9:24 and note. SO THAT WE MAY DIE WITH HIM. The Jewish authorities were s...
_Our friend Lazarus sleepeth_ SWEET SLEEP I. We have A SWEET RELATIONSHIP DECLARED. 1. “Our friend.” Behold here wondrous condescension. Our Lord does not turn to His disciples and say “Your friend...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 11:1 The raising of Lazarus is the ultimate messianic “sign” in this Gospel (see note on 2:11). This spectacular miracle (recorded only by John) anticipates Jesus’ own resurrection....
1-57 CHAPTER 11 VER. 1. _Lazarus_, a man honourable and rich, and therefore another person than the Lazarus who lay full of sores at the doors of the rich glutton (Luke 16) _Bethany_, _the town of M...
_Then said His disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well_. For in the sick sleep is usually the sign and forerunner, and often the cause, of health. The sense is as if it were said, Let us suffer...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ THE RAISING OF LAZARUS John 11:1. The various theories as to the reason why this great miracle is not recorded by the other Evangelists need not be fully discussed in...
EXPOSITION JOHN 11:1 7. _Christ the Antagonist of death—a victory of love and power_._ _The narrative of this chapter is a further advance in the proof that the unbelief of the Jews was aggravated b...
The gospel according to John, chapter 11. Now we remember that John is carefully picking out certain incidents in the life of Jesus by which he might prove that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of the l...
John 11:12...
Shall do well [σ ω θ η σ ε τ α ι]. Literally, shall be saved. Rev., he will recover. Wyc., shall be safe. Tyndale's Version of the New Testament, shall he do well enough....
THE RAISING OF LAZARUS John 11:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Some ideas concerning the cause of sickness. (1) The ancients thought that sickness was the result of sin. The Book of Job goes into detail co...
SICKNESS, DEATH, AND RESURRECTION John 11:3 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The resurrection of Christ is the usual message of Easter. However, we must remember that indissolubly linked with the resurrection of...
Observe here, 1. How desirous the disciples were that Christ should not go to Bethany where Lazarus was, Bethany being within two miles of Jerusalem, where the seat of our Saviour's enemies was. But o...