But Martha not only believed that Jesus could have prevented her brother's death but also that even now He could recall him from the grave: καὶ νῦν οἶδα … “Even now I know that what thing soever you ask of God, God will give you.” Cf. John 9:31. Jesus referred all His works to the Father, and spoke as if only faith were required for the working of the greatest miracles. See Matthew 14:31; Matthew 17:20. On the use of αἰτεῖν and ἐρωτᾶν see Ezra Abbot's Critical Essays, in which Trench's misleading account of their difference is exposed.

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