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John 11:21
Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if Thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if Thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
JOHN 11:21 ku,rie {A} The absence of ku,rie (see ver. 32), though supported by two early witnesses of different text types (B and syrs), is probably the result of transcriptional oversight....
Verse John 11:21. _IF THOU HADST BEEN HERE, MY BROTHER HAD NOT DIED._] Mary said the same words to him a little after, John 11:32, which proves that these sisters had not a complete knowledge of 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 THOU HADST BEEN HERE, ETC. These words express. conviction,. lamentation and. slight degree of reproach, all combined. She cannot realize that "All things work for good to them that love God" and...
So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, but Mary remained sitting in the house. So Martha said to Jesus: "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. And even...
ON THE ROAD TO GLORY (John 11:1-5)...
_if thou hadst been here_ Not a reproach, however gentle (she does not say -hadst Thou _come_"), but an expression of deep regret. This thought had naturally been often in the sisters" minds during th...
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...
ΟΥ̓Κ ἊΝ� for ὁ�. μ. οὐκ ἂν ἐτεθνήκει. 21. ΕἸ ἮΣ ὮΔΕ, Κ.Τ.Λ. Not a reproach, however gentle (she does not say ‘hadst Thou _come_’), but an expression of deep regret. This thought had naturally been oft...
THE PRELUDE TO THE SIGN...
Ver 17. Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. 18. Now Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off. 19. And many of the Jews came to Martha and M...
_JESUS AT LAZARUS' TOMB -- JOHN 11:17-34:_ When Jesus reached Bethany He found out that Lazarus had been in the grave 4 days already. His death had brought many people from Jerusalem to comfort Martha...
ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΟΎΝ (G3767) тогда, ής _impf. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть. Используется в _conj._, противоречащем факту: "Если бы Ты был здесь (а Тебя тут не было)...
THEN SAID MARTHA UNTO JESUS,— Martha's intention, no doubt, was to welcome Jesus; but being in an excess of grief, the first thing she uttered was a complaint, that he had not come sooner. Imagining t...
I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE _Text 11:17-27_ 17 So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already. 18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs o...
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...
Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. THEN SAID MARTHA UNTO JESUS, LORD, IF THOU HADST BEEN HERE, MY BROTHER HAD NOT DIED. Since Mary afterward said th...
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...
LORD, IF THOU HADST BEEN HERE, MY BROTHER HAD NOT DIED. — We have exactly the same words spoken by Mary in John 11:32. They are the utterance of the thought which had already been expressed in their m...
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,...
Martha's first words to Jesus, Κύριε … ἐτεθνήκει, “hadst Thou been here my brother had not died,” are “not a reproach but a lament,” Meyer. Mary uses the same words (John 11:32), suggesting that this...
_The raising of Lazarus_....
JESUS THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE John 11:17-27 His step may linger, but Jesus comes at length. While He seems to tarry, He knows each sigh, pang, and tear that escapes from the sufferer and His fr...
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...
_If thou hast been here. These words shew that the faith of the two sisters was but weak; as if the Son of God was not everywhere: or as if he could not restore him to life when dead and buried. (With...
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...
“ _When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him; but Mary still sat in the house._ 21. _Martha therefore said to Jesus: Lord_, _if thou hadst been here, my brother would not have...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 17-27. 1. The opinion of Godet is probably correct, that the death of Lazarus occurred on the day when the messenger came to Jesus from the sisters, afte...
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...
Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. (18) Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off. (19) And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary,...
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...
21._Lord, if thou hadst been here. _She begins with a complaint, though in doing so she modestly expresses her wish. Her meaning may be expressed thus — “By thy presence thou mightst have delivered my...
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...
WHEN SAID MARTHA UNTO JESUS,.... When she was come to him, LORD, IF THOU HADST BEEN HERE MY BROTHER HAD NOT DIED: which expresses much faith, but with a mixture of weakness, as if the presence of Chr...
Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. Ver. 21. _Lord, if thou hadst been here, &c._] Was she sure of that? but why was he dead, if Christ would not, tho...
_Then Martha_, &c. Jesus was no sooner come into the neighbourhood, but presently the news of his approach was brought to the afflicted family, that had so long impatiently desired to see him. Martha,...
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...
17-32 Here was a house where the fear of God was, and on which his blessing rested; yet it was made a house of mourning. Grace will keep sorrow from the heart, but not from the house. When God, by hi...
Mary saith the same, 1 THESSALONIANS 11:32. They were both in an error, for Lazarus's death was appointed and determined by an eternal counsel; and he was both sick and died for a wise end, that God m...
John 11:21 Then G3767 Martha G3136 said G2036 (G5627) to G4314 Jesus G2424 Lord G2962 if G1487 been...
‘Martha therefore said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here my brother had not died. And even now I know that whatever you will ask God he will give it to you.” It is noteworthy that Martha still re...
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...
John 11:21. MARTHA THEREFORE SAID UNTO JESUS, LORD, IF THOU HADST BEEN HERE, MY BROTHER HAD NOT DIED. Her first words express no reproach, but only the bitter thought of help come too late. In His pre...
LORD, IF THOU HADST BEEN HERE, MY BROTHER HAD NOT DIED (Κυριε, ε ης ωδε ουκ αν απεθανεν ο αδελφος μου). Condition of the second class with ε and the imperfect ης (no aorist of ειμ, to be) in the con...
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 11:21 _(with John 11:32)_ The Reason of Christ's Absence It seems to me that the language of the two sisters, confirmed as it is by our Saviour's own words, gives us a wonderful glimpse of His...
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...
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...
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;...
IF YOU HAD BEEN HERE, LORD. She believed Jesus could have prevented the death of her brother, but even she does not expect Jesus to raise him from death....
_When Jesus came_ CHRIST’S HELP IS SURE, IF DELAYED He usually reserves His hand for a dead lift. When our faith begins to flag, and hang the wing when our strength is gone, and we have given up al...
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...
_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...
1 Kings 17:18; John 11:32; John 11:37; John 4:47; Luke 7:13;...
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...