Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
John 11:17
In the grave - It was sometimes the custom to embalm the dead, but in this case it does not seem to have been done. He was probably buried soon after death.
In the grave - It was sometimes the custom to embalm the dead, but in this case it does not seem to have been done. He was probably buried soon after death.
JOHN 11:17 te,ssaraj h;dh h`me,raj There are four variant readings: (1) te,ssaraj h;dh h`me,raj î75 B C* Q ¦13 _al_ (2) te,ssaraj h`me,raj h;dh a A...
Verse John 11:17. _HE HAD_ LAIN _IN THE GRAVE FOUR DAYS ALREADY._] Our Lord probably left _Bethabara_ the day, or the day after, Lazarus died. He came to _Bethany_ three days after; and it appears th...
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...
HE FOUND THAT HE HAD LAIN IN THE GRAVE FOUR DAYS ALREADY. Christ had in Galilee raised two persons from the dead, one soon after death; the other from the bier on which he was carried to burial. Now,...
So, when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Bethany was near Jerusalem, less than two miles away. Many of the Jews had gone to Martha and Mary to comfort the...
ON THE ROAD TO GLORY (John 11:1-5)...
GRAVE. tomb. Greek _mnemeion._ First,. memorial or monument, then. sepulchre. Compare John 5:28....
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 when Jesus came_ Better, _When_ THEREFORE _Jesus came_, not to the house, nor to Bethany, but to the vicinity (John 11:20_; John 11:30_). In John 11:16 also -then" should be _therefore_, S. John...
THE PRELUDE TO THE SIGN...
ΕΥ̓͂ΡΕΝ, i.e. on enquiry: comp. John 1:44; John 5:14; John 9:35. It would seem as if Christ’s miraculous power of knowing without the ordinary means of information was not in constant activity, but li...
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...
ΈΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) приходить, идти. _Aor._ указывает на предшествующее действие: "когда Он пришел" ΕΎΡΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΥΡΊΣΚΩ (G2147) находить, ΤΈΣΣΑΡΑΣ ΉΜΈΡΑΣ...
HE HAD LAIN IN THE GRAVE FOUR DAYS— As a day or two at least must have been spent in making preparations for the funeral, and as Lazarus, when Jesus came, had been already buried _four days,_ he could...
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 when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. THEN WHEN JESUS CAME, HE FOUND THAT HE HAD LAIN IN THE GRAVE FOUR DAYS. If he died on the day that the tidings came o...
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...
THE GRAVE] RV 'the tomb.' In Palestine burial took place on the day of death. The possession of a private tomb by the family of Lazarus is an indication of wealth. The poor were buried in cemeteries ...
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 WHEN JESUS CAME — _i.e.,_ to the neighbourhood of Bethany. He did not at once enter the village itself (John 11:20; John 11:30). HE FOUND THAT HE HAD LAIN IN THE GRAVE FOUR DAYS ALREADY. — The Je...
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,...
_The raising of Lazarus_....
Ἐλθὼν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εὗρεν. “When, then, Jesus came, He found,” implying that He did not know before, but learned from some in Bethany, αὐτὸν τέσσαρας ἡμέρας ἤδη ἔχοντα ἐν τῶ μνημείῳ “that he had been f...
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...
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...
“ _Jesus on his arrival found that he had been in the tomb four days already._ 18. _Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, at the distance of about fifteen furlongs;_ 19 _and many of the Jews had come to...
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...
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...
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...
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 JESUS CAME,.... The Alexandrian copy, and all the Oriental versions add, "to Bethany"; though it seems by what follows, that he was not come to the town itself, but near it; and it looks as...
Then when Jesus came, he found that he had _lain_ in the grave four days already. Ver. 17. _That he had lain in the grave four days_] So that he might seem now to come too late. The faith of the two...
_When Jesus came, he found_ When Jesus and his disciples were come nigh to Bethany, they were told by some of the inhabitants, whom, it seems, they met accidentally, that Lazarus had been buried four...
The faith of Martha:...
THEN WHEN JESUS CAME, HE FOUND THAT HE HAD LAIN IN THE GRAVE FOUR DAYS ALREADY....
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...
Christ CAME to Bethany where Lazarus died; HE FOUND HE HAD LAIN IN THE GRAVE FOUR DAYS; so as probably Christ came not to Bethany till four days or more after the death of Lazarus, or near upon. But p...
John 11:17 So G3767 Jesus G2424 came G2064 (G5631) found G2147 (G5627) he G846 had G2192 already...
‘So when Jesus came he found that he had already been four days in the tomb.' The time of four days is emphasised so as to demonstrate that Lazarus really was dead and his body probably beginning to d...
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 11:17. WHEN THEREFORE JESUS CAME, HE FOUND THAT HE HAD LAIN IN THE TOMB FOUR DAYS ALREADY. The situation of the Perean Bethany (chap. John 10:40) is so uncertain that we are unable to give a cert...
FOUND (ευρεν). Second aorist active indicative of ευρισκω.THAT HE HAD BEEN IN THE TOMB FOUR DAYS ALREADY (αυτον τεσσαρας ηδη ημερας εχοντα). Literally, "him (accusative object of ευρεν) having alr...
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;...
_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...
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 when Jesus came_ [to Bethany, as some Greek Codices add] _He found that he had lain in the grave four days already._ That is, he had been buried four days ago. For the messenger respecting the i...
_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...
Acts 2:27; Hosea 6:2; John 11:39; John 2:19...
Had lain in the grave four days already [τ ε σ σ α ρ α ς η μ ε ρ α ς η δ η ε χ ο ν τ α ε ν τ ω μ ν η μ ε ι ω]. Literally, found him having already four days in the tomb....
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. The length of time which Christ designedly delayed before he would come to Lazarus's grave; he was not above six miles off Bethany, being within two miles of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem...