Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
John 11:27
Yea, Lord - This was a noble confession. It showed her full confidence in him as the Messiah, and her full belief that all that he said was true. See Matthew 16:16.
Yea, Lord - This was a noble confession. It showed her full confidence in him as the Messiah, and her full belief that all that he said was true. See Matthew 16:16.
Verse 27. _YEA, LORD: I BELIEVE_] πεπιστευκα, _I have believed_. Either meaning that she had believed this for some time past, or that, since he began to teach her, her faith had been considerable in...
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...
BELIEVE THAT THOU ART THE CHRIST, ETC. He asks about her faith. She responds by the good confession that embraces all, Martha's creed, Peter's creed, the true "Apostles' creed," the only creed of the...
ON THE ROAD TO GLORY (John 11:1-5)...
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...
THE CHRIST. the Messiah (App-98). the Son of God (App-98). Compare Peter's confession in Matthew 16:16....
_I believe_ Literally, I HAVE BELIEVED, i.e. _I have convinced myself and do believe_. _that thou art the Christ_ She cannot have known the full import of her confession. With the Apostles she shared...
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...
THE PRELUDE TO THE SIGN...
ΝΑΊ, ΚΎΡΙΕ. With these words she accepts Christ’s declaration respecting Himself, and then states the creed which has enabled her to accept it. The change from πιστεύω (the natural answer) to ἐγὼ πεπί...
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...
ΠΕΠΊΣΤΕΥΚΑ _perf. ind. act., см._ John 11:25. _Perf._ указывает на веру, которая, единожды родившись, остается навсегда (Morris). ΌΤ (G3754) передает содержание веры, ΕΡΧΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) p...
I BELIEVE THAT THOU ART THE CHRIST,— By replying that she believed him to be the promised and expected Messiah, Martha insinuated, that she confided implicitly in every thing he said; and that there w...
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...
She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. SHE SAITH UNTO HIM, YEA, LORD: I BELIEVE, [ egoo (G1473) pepisteuka (G4100)] -...
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...
THE SON OF GOD] When used, as here, as a popular title of the Messiah, this expression implies a special nearness to God, but not necessarily actual divinity. WHICH SHOULD COME] RV 'even he that comet...
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...
SHE SAITH UNTO HIM, YEA, LORD. — This is her assent to the question He asked. She believed all that He had told her. It is not that she expresses her belief, in answer to His question, in the remainde...
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_....
Martha believed this, as implicitly included in her belief in Jesus as the Messiah, Ναὶ, Κύριε … ἐρχόμενος. Resurrection and life were both Messianic gifts, but it is doubtful whether Martha fully und...
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...
_Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. Martha breaks out into an act of perfect faith. See Chap. i. ver. 49. (Witham)_...
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...
VER. 27. “ _She says to him, Yes, Lord, I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world._ ” To see in this confession of Martha, as some have done, only a simple avo...
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...
27._Yes, Lord. _To prove that she believes what she had heard Christ say about himself, that _he is the resurrection and the life_, Martha replies, that _she believes that he is the Christ, and the So...
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...
SHE SAITH UNTO HIM, YEA, LORD,.... That is, she firmly believed all that he said concerning himself, and the happiness of those that believed in him: and for the confirmation of it adds, I BELIEVE: o...
She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. Ver. 27. _I believe that thou art the Christ_] What could Peter say more? Matthew...
_She saith, Yea, Lord_ I am fully persuaded of the truth of thy declaration; for _I believe that thou art the Christ_, &c. Here we have Martha's good confession, the same with that for which Peter was...
SHE SAITH UNTO HIM, YEA, LORD; I BELIEVE THAT THOU ART THE CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, WHICH SHOULD COME INTO THE WORLD. Jesus answered Martha's pleading with a beautiful word of comfort, which incidental...
Jesus, the Resurrection and the Life:...
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...
This is the nearest to the confession of Peter, MATTHEW 16:16, which our Saviour calleth, the rock upon which he would build his church, of any that we have in Scripture; yea, and more full than that,...
Tertullian Against Praxeas Again, when Martha in a later passage acknowledged Him to be the Son of God,[304]...
John 11:27 said G3004 (G5719) Him G846 Yes G3483 Lord G2962 I G1473 believe G4100 (G5758) that...
‘'She says to him, “Yes, Lord. I have believed that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, even he who comes into the world”.' Martha's faith is up to His challenge. ‘Yes, Lord'. The use of Lord here, s...
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 11:27. SHE SAITH UNTO HIM, YEA, LORD: I HAVE BELIEVED THAT THOU ART THE CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, HE THAT COMETH INTO THE WORLD. The substitution of ‘I have believed' for ‘I believe' is striking. I...
YEA, LORD (Ναι, κυριε). Martha probably did not understand all that Jesus said and meant, but she did believe in the future resurrection, in eternal life for believers in Christ, in the power of Chr...
WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...
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;...
I DO BELIEVE. This declaration of her faith is the only CREED of the Kingdom/church which Jesus built. Compare Matthew 16:16 and note there....
_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 11:27 WHO IS COMING INTO THE WORLD. Compare John 12:13 and parallels....
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 John 5:1; 1 John 5:20; 1 Timothy 1:15; 1 Timothy 1:16; Acts 8:37;...
I believe [π ε π ι σ τ ε υ κ α]. Literally, I have believed. The perfect tense. So Rev. Martha goes back to her previous belief, which consists in the recognition of Christ as her Lord. Whatever faith...
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...
Observe here, 1. The full confession which Martha makes of her faith in Christ: THOU ART THE CHRIST THE SON OF GOD, WHICH SHOULD COME INTO WORLD.. confession which comes nearest to that of St. Peter ...