Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 11:32
She fell at his feet — This Martha had not done. So she makes amends for her slowness in coming.
She fell at his feet — This Martha had not done. So she makes amends for her slowness in coming.
JOHN 11:32 pro,j The reading pro.j tou.j po,daj (in the description of Mary’s falling _at_ Jesus’ feet) is supported by early and diverse attestation (î75 a B C* D L W X Y ¦...
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...
SHE FELL DOWN AT HIS FEET. Her act depicts her grief, her dependence, and her faith in Christ. Her words are the same that Martha had uttered. Had the Lord been there her brother would not have died....
ON THE ROAD TO GLORY (John 11:1-5)...
When Martha had said this, she went away and called Mary her sister. Without letting the rest of the people know, she said to her: "The Teacher has arrived and is calling for you." When she heard this...
FELL DOWN. Others who fell down before Him or at His feet were the wise men (Matthew 2:11), Jairus (Mark 5:22), the woman (Mark 5:33), the Syrophenician (Mark 7:25), Pe
_Then when Mary Mary_ THEREFORE _when_. _she fell down at his feet_ Nothing of the kind is reported of Martha, John 11:21. Here again the difference of character between the two sisters appears. _Lor...
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...
ἜΠΕΣΕΝ. Nothing of the kind is told of Martha (John 11:21). Here again the difference of character between the two appears. ΟΥ̓Κ ἌΝ ΜΟΥ�. The same words as those of Martha (John 11:21); but the pronou...
THE PRELUDE TO THE SIGN...
Ver 28. And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calls for you. 29. And as soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came t...
_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...
ΉΛΘΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ, _см._ John 11:17. ΊΔΟΎΣΑ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΌΡΆΩ, _см._ John 11:31. _Aor._ указывает на предшествующее действие, ΈΠΕΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΊΠΤΩ (G4098)...
SHE FELL DOWN AT HIS FEET,— When Mary came to Jesus, she fell down at his feet, and expressed herself just as Martha had done, only she wept as she spake. Her affliction is described, though in few wo...
JESUS WEPT _Text 11:28-37_ 28 And when she had said this, she went away, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Teacher is here, and calleth thee. 29 And she, when she heard it, arose q...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 11:28-44 The following is submitted as an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:- The central design of John's Gospel is to present Christ to us as t...
Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. THEN WHEN MARY WAS COME WHERE JESUS WAS, A...
25 The striking phrase "and the Life" is the clue to the great truth here unfolded by our Lord. To His assertion that "Your brother will be rising" Martha assents, for she knew that all would rise "at...
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. — The words are precisely the same as those which Martha had uttered (John 11:21). She adds no more. It may be that she was prevented doing so by the presence of the Jew...
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,...
Consequently when she reaches Jesus she has only time to fall at His feet and exclaim, in Martha's words, Κύριε … ἀδελφός. The sight of Jesus, ἰδοῦσα αὐτόν, produced a more vehement demonstration of g...
_The raising of Lazarus_....
THE SYMPATHY OF JESUS John 11:28-35 It is not to be wondered at that the sisters and their friends wept as they stood beside the grave; but why did Jesus weep? He knew what He had come to do. He had...
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...
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...
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...
1. There seems to be no sufficient reason to suppose, as many commentators do, that Jesus had bidden Martha to call her sister secretly. She acted probably on her own impulse possibly because she fear...
“ _The Jews therefore who were with her in the house and were comforting her, when they saw that she rose up suddenly and went out, followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there...
And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, the Master is come, and calleth for thee. (29) As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him....
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...
32._She fell at his feet. _From her _falling down at his feet _we learn that Christ was honored in that house beyond the ordinary custom of men. For, though it was customary to throw themselves down o...
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 WHEN MARY WAS COME WHERE JESUS WAS,.... Where Martha met him, and where she left him. Travellers tell us, that close by a well, about a stone's cast out of the town of Bethany, is showed the plac...
Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. Ver. 32. _She fell down at his feet_] Giving...
_When she had so said_ When she had testified her faith, as in the preceding verse; _she went and called Mary_ Jesus having inquired for her, as is implied in the next words, designing that she and he...
THEN WHEN MARY WAS COME WHERE JESUS WAS, AND SAW HIM, SHE FELL DOWN AT HIS FEET, SAYING UNTO HIM, LORD, IF THOU HADST BEEN HERE, MY BROTHER HAD NOT DIED. Martha had gone to the Lord for comfort, and s...
Mary's coming to the Lord:...
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...
SEE POOLE ON "1 THESSALONIANS 11:30...
John 11:32 Then G3767 when G5613 Mary G3137 came G2064 (G5627) where G3699 Jesus G2424 was G2258 ...
‘Mary, therefore, when she came where Jesus was and saw him, fell down at his feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died”., Unlike practical Martha she flung hers...
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 11:32. MARY, THEREFORE, WHEN SHE CAME WHERE JESUS WAS, SEEING HIM FELL AT HIS FEET, SAYING UNTO HIM, LORD, IF THOU HADST BEEN HERE, MY BROTHER HAD NOT DIED. Her first words are nearly the same as...
FELL DOWN AT HIS FEET (επεσεν αυτου προς τους ποδας). Second aorist active of πιπτω, to fall. Note unusual position of αυτου. This impulsive act like Mary. She said precisely what Martha had said t...
John 11:32 There is in these words I. A consciousness of Divine power and mastery. There is no lingering doubt about our Lord's Divine power. It is admitted in the term Lord, and in this unhesitatin...
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...
Our Lord's greatest miracles were ever the reward of faith. John 11:27. _She saith unto him, Yea, Lord I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come unto the world._ By which...
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;...
_When Mary was come she fell down at His feet, saying unto Him, Lord, if Thou hadst been here, my brother had not died (see _John 11:21_)_ CHRIST’S DELAY TO INTERPOSE AGAINST DEATH 1. Mary fell at...
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...
John 11:21; John 11:37; John 4:49; Luke 17:16; Luke 5:8;...
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...
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...