John 11:24

“I know,” she says, “that he will rise again, in the resurrection at the last day.” On the terms used see John 5:28; John 6:39-40; John 6:54. Belief in the resurrection had been promoted through Daniel 12:2, and, as Holtzmann remarks, Martha must have heard more than enough about it during the last four days, and fears perhaps that even Jesus is offering the merely conventional consolation. To one who yearns for immediate re-union the “last day” seems invisible. It was small consolation for Martha to know that her brother would lie for ages in the tomb, no more to exchange one word or look till the last day.