Verse John 11:20. _MARTHA - WENT AND MET HIM_] Some suppose she was the eldest of the two sisters - she seems to have had the management of the house. See Luke 10:40. _MARY SAT_ STILL _IN THE HOUSE....
THEN MARTHA ... - To Martha was intrusted the management of the affairs of the family, Luke 10:40. It is probable that she first heard of his coming, and, without waiting to inform her sister, went im...
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...
MARTHA... WENT AND MET HIM. Where Christ, either from caution, or because the mourning customs were offensive to him, or that the family might be prepared, had paused. The bustling, active sister, th...
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...
WENT AND MET. met. The word implies desire to avoid notice, SAT STILL. was sitting (Greek. _kathezomai)._ There is no word for "still", and the Authorized Version and Revised Version insertion of it i...
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 Martha_ Or, _Martha_, THEREFORE. Information would be brought to her as the elder sister and (apparently) mistress of the house (Luke 10:38). She as usual takes the lead in entertaining, and Mar...
Ἡ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ΜΆΡΘΑ. _Martha_ THEREFORE. As in Luke 10:40, she takes the lead in entertaining, while Mary shrinks from it; and she was probably now engaged in some duty of this kind. As elder sister, and ap...
THE PRELUDE TO THE SIGN...
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...
THEN MARTHA, AS SOON AS SHE HEARD— It seems the news of our Lord's coming reached Bethany before him; for Martha, having heard of it, went out to meet him, being of a more active disposition than her...
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 Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. THEN MARTHA, AS SOON AS SHE HEARD THAT JESUS WAS COMING, WENT AND MET HIM - true to the...
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...
SAT _still_] RV 'still sat.' Sitting was the attitude of grief. 'After the body is carried out of the house, all chairs and couches are reversed, and the mourners sit on the ground on a low stool.'...
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 MARTHA, AS SOON AS SHE HEARD THAT JESUS WAS COMING... — This is partly to be explained from the position in which they stood towards Him, and partly from the fact of the presence of the Jews at t...
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,...
ἡ οὖν Μάρθα … ἐκαθέζετο. Martha as the elder sister and mistress of the house (Luke 10:38-40) goes out to meet Jesus, while Mary remained seated in the house. “After the body is carried out of the hou...
_The raising of Lazarus_....
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...
“ _When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him; but Mary still sat in the house._ 21. _Martha therefore said to Jesus: Lord_, _if thou hadst been here, my brother would not have...
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...
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...
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...
20._Martha having heard that Jesus was coming. Martha _travels beyond the village, as we shall afterwards see, not only perhaps on account of the reverence which she bore to Christ, but that she might...
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 MARTHA, AS SOON AS SHE HEARD THAT JESUS WAS COMING,.... Which she might hear of, either by a messenger sent by Christ to her, to acquaint her of it; or rather by some of the people of the town, w...
Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat _still_ in the house. Ver. 20. _But Mary sat still in, the house_] So, while faith sits at the centre, love wal...
_Then Martha_, &c. Jesus was no sooner come into the neighbourhood, but presently the news of his approach was brought to the afflicted family, that had so long impatiently desired to see him. Martha,...
The faith of Martha:...
THEN MARTHA, AS SOON AS SHE HEARD THAT JESUS WAS COMING, WENT AND MET HIM; BUT MARY SAT STILL IN THE HOUSE....
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...
It should seem by the story, LUKE 10:41, that Martha had the care of the house keeping upon her, (Mary was more retired), so that the news of Christ's coming might come to her first. She in great joy...
John 11:20 Then G3767 Martha G3136 as G5613 heard G191 (G5656) that G3754 Jesus G2424 coming G2064 ...
‘Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him. But Mary still sat in the house.' The mentions we have of the pair are totally consistent. Martha, active, busy and practical...
John 11:20. MARTHA THEREFORE, WHEN SHE HEARD THAT JESUS WAS COMING, WENT AND MET HIM; BUT MARY SAT STILL IN THE HOUSE. Every reader must be struck with the remarkable coincidence between this narrativ...
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...
THAT JESUS WAS COMING (οτ Ιησους ερχετα). Present middle indicative retained in indirect discourse after the secondary tense ηκουσεν (first aorist active).WENT AND MET HIM (υπηντησεν αυτω). First...
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...
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 Thessalonians 4:17; Acts 10:25; Acts 28:15; John 11:30; Matthew 25:
That Jesus was coming [ο τ ι ο ι η σ ο υ ς ε ρ χ ε τ α ι]. Literally, is coming. The exact words of the message : Jesus is coming. Went and met [υ π η ν τ η σ ε ν]. The verb means to go to meet....
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...
Mary sat in the house — Probably not hearing what was said....