Didymus [δ ι δ υ μ ο ς]. Not a surname of Thomas, but the Greek equivalent of the Aramaic name, twin. See on Mark 3:18. The word occurs only in John's Gospel.
Fellow - disciples [σ υ μ μ α θ η τ α ι ς]. Only here in the New Testament.
We may die. "He will die for the love which he has, but he will not affect the faith which he has not" (Westcott).
Verse John 11:16. _THOMAS, WHICH IS CALLED DIDYMUS_] _Thomas_, or תאום _Thaom_, was his _Hebrew_ name, and signifies a _twin _- one who had a brother or a sister born with him at the same time: _Didy...
THOMAS, WHICH IS CALLED DIDYMUS - These names express the same thing. One is Hebrew and the other Greek. The name means a twin. DIE WITH HIM - It has been much doubted by critics whether the word him...
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...
THEN SAID THOMAS, CALLED DIDYMUS. "Thomas the Twin," one of the apostles, the doubter after the Lord's resurrection. See John 20:24-29. LET US GO ALSO, THAT WE MAY DIE WITH HIM. He looked upon his r...
Jesus said these things, and then he went on to say: "Our friend Lazarus is sleeping; but I am going to waken him up." "Lord, the disciples said to him, "if he is sleeping he will recover." But Jesus...
ON THE ROAD TO GLORY (John 11:1-5)...
THOMAS. App-94 and App-141. DIDYMUS. twin,. Greek word with the same meaning as Thomas. Occurs here, John 20:24, and John 21:2. FELLOW DISCIPLES. Greek. summathetes. Occurs only here. WITH (Greek. _...
_Then said_ THEREFORE _said_. _Thomas, which is called Didymus_ S. John thrice (John 20:24; John 21:2) reminds his readers that Thomas is the same as he whom Gentile Christians called Didymus. Thomas...
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...
ΘΩΜΑ͂Σ, Ὁ Λ. Δ. S. John thrice (John 20:24; John 21:2) reminds his readers that Thomas is the same as he whom Gentile Christians called Didymus; just as he interprets Μεσσίας (John 4:25). Thomas is He...
THE PRELUDE TO THE SIGN...
Ver 11. These things said he: and after that he says to them, Our friend Lazarus sleeps; but I go that I may awake him out of sleep. 12. Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. 1...
_THE DEATH OF LAZARUS -- JOHN 11:1-16:_ Jesus had three special friends in Bethany. They were Mary, Martha and Lazarus. This Mary was the same person who poured perfume on the Lord's head and wiped hi...
ΛΕΓΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. pass. part. от_ ΛΈΓΩ, _см._ John 11:12. Здесь "по прозванию" или "по имени" ΣΥΜΜΑΘΗΤΉΣ (G4827) друг-ученик. Ind. _obj._ ΆΓΩΜΕΝ, _см._ John 11:15....
THEN SAID THOMAS,—LET US ALSO GO,— "When Jesus had declared his resolution to go into Judea, _Thomas, who is called Didymus,_ conceiving nothing but destruction from such a journey, yetunwilling to fo...
THE PURPOSE EXPLANED _Text 11:7-16_ 7 Then after this he saith _to_ the disciples, Let us _go_ into Judea again. 8 The disciples say unto him, Rabbi, the Jews were but now seeking to stone thee;...
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 said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. THEN SAID THOMAS, CALLED DIDYMUS - or 'the twin.' LET US ALSO GO, THAT WE MAY DIE WI...
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...
11:16 Didymus, (c-4) Or 'twin.'...
DIDYMUS] i.e. 'twin,' is the correct translation of the Aramaic 'Thomas.' Perhaps he was twin brother of Matthew with whom he is coupled (Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15). He here figures as the pe...
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...
THEN (or, better, _therefore_) SAID THOMAS, WHICH IS CALLED DIDYMUS. — The second of these names is the Greek translation of the first, which is Hebrew. Both mean “twin.” Both are found together again...
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,...
Εἶπεν οὖν Θωμᾶς ὁ λεγόμενος Δίδυμος Θωμᾶς is the transliteration and Δίδυμος the translation of חּאֹם, a twin. He is the pessimist among the disciples, and now takes the gloomy, and, as it proved, the...
JESUS FACES DEATH FOR HIS FRIEND John 11:1-16 Sickness enters homes even where God is honored and loved. It is permitted because it affords an opportunity and platform for His delivering help. We sho...
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...
_Thomas... said, let us also go, that we may die with him. That is, with Jesus: this he said, exhorting the other disciples not to fear. (Witham) --- The words, Thomas and Didymus, have the same radic...
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...
“ _Then Jesus therefore said to them openly, Lazarus is dead;_ 15 _and I rejoice for your sakes that I was not there, to the end that you may believe; but let us go to him._ 16. _Whereupon Thomas, who...
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...
I. THE PREPARATION: JOHN 11:1-16. John first describes the general situation, John 11:1-2; then, the conduct of Jesus towards the two sisters, John 11:3-6; finally, His conversations with the disciple...
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. (2) (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brot...
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...
_‘THAT WE MAY DIE WITH HIM’_ ‘Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellow=disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.’ John 11:16 This was the devoted resolution of St. Thom...
16._Then Thomas. _Hitherto the disciples had endeavored to hinder Christ from going. _Thomas _is now prepared to follow, but it is without confidence; or, at least, he does not fortify himself by the...
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 SAID THOMAS, WHO IS CALLED DIDYMOUS,.... The former was his Hebrew name, and the latter his Greek name, and both signify a twin; and perhaps he may be so called because he was one: THE SAME SAID...
Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. Ver. 16. _Let us also go that we may die with him_] A blunt speech, and (as some think)...
_Then said Jesus plainly_ That he might not hold them any longer in suspense, or permit them to remain under a mistake; _Lazarus is_ indeed _dead: and_ As I could not have permitted this to have happe...
THOMAS-DIDYMUS; these two words, one Hebrew, the other Greek, mean a twin. DIE WITH HIM; with Jesus. Let us go with him, if it cost us our lives....
THEN SAID THOMAS, WHICH IS CALLED DIDYMUS, UNTO HIS FELLOW-DISCIPLES, LET US ALSO GO THAT WE MAY DIE WITH HIM. After quieting the fears of His disciples as to His own safety, Jesus thought the time fi...
The announcement of the death of Lazarus:...
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...
11-16 Since we are sure to rise again at the last, why should not the believing hope of that resurrection to eternal life, make it as easy for us to put off the body and die, as it is to put off our...
THOMAS and DIDYMUS were names of the same signification, only Thomas was the Hebrew, and Didymus the Greek name. This is that Thomas who to the last showed a greater difficulty in believing than many...
John 11:16 Then G3767 Thomas G2381 who G3588 called G3004 (G5746) Twin G1324 said G2036 (G5627) disciples...
‘Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus (the twin), said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go that we may die with him”.' The disciples were aware of the dangers threatening Jesus in Judea, and w...
John 11:16. THOMAS THEREFORE (WHICH IS CALLED DIDYMUS) SAID UNTO HIS FELLOW-DISCIPLES, LET US ALSO GO, THAT WE MAY DIE WITH HIM. That is, with Jesus (not with Lazarus). It is plain that Jesus cannot b...
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...
DIDYMUS (Διδυμος). The word means twin. Clearly Thomas had a twin brother or sister. Applied two other times to him (John 20:24; John 21:2). The Aramaic word for Thomas means Twin and Didymus is ju...
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;...
OUR FRIEND LAZARUS HAS FALLEN ASLEEP. Jesus called death "sleep" more than once, because it is only temporary. Compare Matthew 9:24 and note. SO THAT WE MAY DIE WITH HIM. The Jewish authorities were s...
_Then said Thomas which is called Didymus_ THOMAS A very few verses contain the sum of all we know about Thomas. They tell us nothing of his history. His travels, sufferings, missionary toils, death...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 11:16 THOMAS (Aramaic) means THE TWIN. ⇐...
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...
_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...
John 11:8; John 13:37; John 20:24; John 21:2; Luke 22:33;...
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...
Thomas in Hebrew, as Didymus in Greek, signifies a twin. With him — With Jesus, whom he supposed the Jews would kill. It seems to be the language of despair....