Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
John 11:41
Hast heard me] RV 'heardest me,' viz. four days ago in Peræa, when I prayed that Lazarus might be raised to life.
Hast heard me] RV 'heardest me,' viz. four days ago in Peræa, when I prayed that Lazarus might be raised to life.
Verse 41. _WHERE THE DEAD WAS LAID._] These words are wanting in BC*DL, _three_ others; _Syriac, Persic, Arabic, Sahidic, AEthiopic,_ _Armenian, Vulgate, Saxon_, and in all the _Itala_. _Griesbach_ le...
LIFTED UP HIS EYES - In an attitude of prayer. See Luke 18:13; Matthew 14:19. I THANK THEE THAT THOU HAST HEARD ME - It is possible that John has recorded only the sum or substance of the prayer on 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...
AND JESUS LIFTED UP HIS EYES. The Son always sought to honor the Father and to show that the Father was in him as he was in the Father. I THANK THEE THAT THOU HAST HEARD ME. Constantly in communion...
ON THE ROAD TO GLORY (John 11:1-5)...
Jesus said to them: "Where have you laid him?" "Lord, they said to him: "Come and see." Jesus wept. So the Jews said: "Look how he loved him!" Some of them said: "Could not this man who opened the eye...
FATHER. See John 1:14 and and App-98. Fifteen times the Lord used this term in prayer (omitting parallel passages in brackets): Matthew 11:25; Matthew 11:26 ...
_from the place where the dead was laid_ These words, are omitted by an overwhelming number of authorities. They are a needless explanation added by a later hand. _And Jesus lift_ The verb is identic...
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...
41. Omit οὖ ἦν ὁ τεθνηκὼς κείμενος (explanatory gloss) after ΛΊΘΟΝ. 41. ἮΡΑΝ ΟΥ̓͂Ν Τ. ΛΊΘΟΝ. Ὁ ΔῈ Ἰ. ἮΡΕΝ Τ. ὈΦΘ. THEY LIFTED THEREFORE _the stone_. BUT _Jesus_ LIFTED UP _His eyes_: comp. John 17:1....
THE SIGN...
Ver 41. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42. And I knew that you hear me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may be...
Ver 33. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, 34. And said, Where have you laid him? They said to him, Lord,...
_JESUS BRINGS LAZARUS BACK TO LIFE -- JOHN 11:35-44:_ Jesus was touched emotionally with Lazarus' death. He wept. The people observed how much Jesus loved Lazarus. The people also said, "He gives sigh...
ΉΡΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΑΊΡΩ, _см._ John 11:39, _букв._ поднимание камня, ΉΡΕΝ _aor. ind. act._, здесь·, "поднимать глаза к небу в молитве" ср. Psalms 122:1; Isaiah 51:6. ΉΚΟΥΣΑΣ aor. ind. a
AND JESUS LIFTED UP HIS EYES, AND SAID,— On many occasions Jesus had publicly appealed to hisown miracles, as the proofs of his mission; but he did not ordinarily make a formal address to his Father b...
HE THAT WAS DEAD CAME FORTH _Text 11:38-46_ 38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus saith, Take ye away the stone....
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 11:28-44 The following is submitted as an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:- The central design of John's Gospel is to present Christ to us as t...
Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. THEN THEY TOOK AWAY THE STONE FROM THE P...
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...
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 THEY TOOK AWAY THE STONE. — This could be done without difficulty, for it would be nothing more than a rough slab placed at the entrance of the cave, to prevent the approach of jackals or other b...
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,...
Accordingly, notwithstanding her remonstrance, and because it was now perceived that Jesus had some end in view that was hidden from them, they lifted the stone, ἦραν οὖν τὸν λίθον. Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς … ἀπέσ...
_The raising of Lazarus_....
VICTORY OVER DEATH John 11:36-44 1. The Lord had been praying about this matter before He came to the grave: “ _Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me._ ”Notice that _past_ tense. Perhaps He ha...
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...
_Father, I give thee thanks, that thou hast heard me. He knew that what he asked, even as man, must needs be granted; but he prayed for our instruction. (Witham) --- Christ was about to pray for the r...
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...
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...
1. There seems to be no sufficient reason to suppose, as many commentators do, that Jesus had bidden Martha to call her sister secretly. She acted probably on her own impulse possibly because she fear...
“ _Jesus says to her, Did I not say to thee, that if thou believest thou shalt see the glory of God?_ 41. _They took away the stone therefore. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, Father, I thank th...
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself, cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. (39) Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him...
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...
41._And Jesus again raised his eyes. _This was the token of a mind truly prepared for prayer; for before any one calls on God aright, he must be brought into communication with him, and this can only...
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 THEY TOOK AWAY THE STONE,.... "From the door of the sepulchre", as the Arabic version adds; FROM THE PLACE WHERE THE DEAD WAS LAID: this clause is left out in the Alexandrian copy, and in the Vu...
Then they took away the stone _from the place_ where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up _his_ eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. Ver. 41. _Father, I thank thee that, &c...
_Then they took away the stone_ As Jesus had directed; _from the place where the dead was laid_ From the mouth of the tomb. _And Jesus lifted up his eyes_, &c. To show them who stood by, and viewed hi...
The arrival at the grave:...
THEN THEY TOOK AWAY THE STONE FROM THE PLACE WHERE THE DEAD WAS LAID. AND JESUS LIFTED UP HIS EYES AND SAID, FATHER, I THANK THEE THAT THOU HAST HEARD ME....
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...
33-46 Christ's tender sympathy with these afflicted friends, appeared by the troubles of his spirit. In all the afflictions of believers he is afflicted. His concern for them was shown by his kind in...
The servants, or friends, about the grave, removeth the stone from the mouth of the cave, within which the dead corpse of Lazarus lay. Christ, before his thanksgiving to his Father, is said to have LI...
Tertullian Against Praxeas , that they may believe that Thou hast sent me."[307] Tertullian Against Praxeas " He Himself adores.[371] Tertullian On Repentance who prays the Father for mercy. What...
John 11:41 Then G3767 away G142 (G5656) stone G3037 where G3757 dead G2348 (G5761) was G2258 ...
‘Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it. Jesus says, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, says to him, “Lord, by this time he will smell dreadfully, for he has been de...
‘And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me, and I knew that you always hear me, but I have said it because of the people who are standing around, so that they...
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 11:41-42. THEY TOOK AWAY THE STONE THEREFORE. AND JESUS LIFTED UP HIS EYES, AND SAID, FATHER, I THANK THEE THAT THOU HEARDEST ME. AND I MYSELF KNEW THAT THOU HEAREST ME ALWAYS; BUT BECAUSE OF THE...
SO THEY TOOK AWAY THE STONE (ηραν ουν τον λιθον). First aorist active indicative of αιρω, but without the explanatory gloss of the Textus Receptus "from the place where the dead was laid" (not genu...
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;...
JESUS LOOKED UP AND SAID. He looked up at the sky. His purpose was always to honor God and to show that the Father had sent him (compare John 11:4). I THANK YOU, FATHER. No incantation, no frenzied pr...
_Jesus lifted up His eyes and said_ THE WORDS OF CHRIST AT THE GRAVE OF LAZARUS I. THOSE HE ADDRESSED TO HEAVEN (John 11:41). In these we have 1. His recognition of God as His Father. He was the So...
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 12:28; John 17:1; Luke 10:21; Luke 18:13; Matthew 11:25;...
From the place where the dead was laid. Omit....
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...
Jesus lifted up his eyes — Not as if he applied to his Father for assistance. There is not the least show of this. He wrought the miracle with an air of absolute sovereignty, as the Lord of life and d...