Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
John 11:22
Verse 22. I know, that even now] She durst not ask so great a favour in direct terms; she only intimated modestly that she knew he could do it.
Verse 22. I know, that even now] She durst not ask so great a favour in direct terms; she only intimated modestly that she knew he could do it.
WHATSOEVER THOU WILT ASK OF GOD - Whatever is necessary to our consolation that thou wilt ask, thou canst obtain. It is possible that she meant gently to intimate that he could raise him up and restor...
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...
IF THOU HADST BEEN HERE, ETC. These words express. conviction,. lamentation and. slight degree of reproach, all combined. She cannot realize that "All things work for good to them that love God" and...
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...
KNOW. Greek. _oida._ App-132. ASK. Greek _aiteo._ App-134. Used of our prayers (Matthew 7:7, &c.), never of the Lord's address to the Father. Neither Martha, the disciples or the Jews understood the...
_But I know, that even now_ -But" must be omitted on critical grounds; and the text should run, AND NOW (that he is dead) _I know that_, &c. She believes that had Christ been there, He could have heal...
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...
ΚΑῚ ΝΥ͂Ν ΟἾΔΑ. AND EVEN NOW (that he is dead) _I know_. She believes that had Christ been there, He could have healed Lazarus by His own power (comp. John 4:47), and that now His prayer may prevail wi...
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...
ΟΙΔΑ _perf. ind. act._ (G1492) знать. Def. perf. со _знач. praes._ ΑΊΤΗΣΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΑΪ́ΤΈΩ (G154) спрашивать. _Conj._ с ΆΝ (G302) обобщает ("что бы ни"), ΔΏΣΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ...
THEN SAID MARTHA UNTO JESUS,— Martha's intention, no doubt, was to welcome Jesus; but being in an excess of grief, the first thing she uttered was a complaint, that he had not come sooner. Imagining t...
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...
But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. BUT I KNOW, THAT EVEN NOW, [ alla (G235 ) kai (G2532 ) nun ...
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...
11:22 ask (e-10) _ Aiteo_ . see Note a, ch. 14.16....
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...
EVEN NOW] marvellous faith under the circumstances. She believes that Jesus can raise Lazarus, but dare not express the hope that He will....
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...
BUT I KNOW, THAT EVEN NOW, WHATSOEVER THOU WILT ASK OF GOD. .. — The words express a half-formed hope, which she dare not utter, perhaps dare not even think, that her brother may be restored to life a...
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_....
But Martha not only believed that Jesus could have prevented her brother's death but also that even now He could recall him from the grave: καὶ νῦν οἶδα … “Even now I know that what thing soever you a...
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...
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...
“ _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...
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...
BUT I KNOW THAT EVEN NOW,.... At this distance of time, though her brother had been in the grave four days: WHATSOEVER THOU WILT ASK OF GOD, GOD WILL GIVE [IT] THEE; whether Martha had such a clear n...
But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give _it_ thee. Ver. 22. _Whatsoever thou wilt ask_] This is our comfort, that our Advocate is all in all with his Father, and may...
_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:...
BUT I KNOW THAT EVEN NOW, WHATSOEVER THOU WILT ASK OF GOD, GOD WILL GIVE IT THEE. The journey from that section of Perea where Jesus had been staying to Bethany took about two days, and when Jesus the...
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...
She showed some unbelief in her former words, but here again she showeth her faith, but not without some weakness mixed with her faith; for by these words she seemeth not to be satisfied, that the ful...
John 11:22 But G235 even G2532 now G3568 know G1492 (G5758) whatever G3754 G3745 G302 ask...
‘Martha therefore said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here my brother had not died. And even now I know that whatever you will ask God he will give it to you.” It is noteworthy that Martha still re...
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 11:22. AND EVEN NOW I KNOW THAT WHATSOEVER THINGS THOU SHALT ASK OF GOD, GOD WILL GIVE THEE. The words of this verse are very remarkable. The presence of the great Friend and Helper seems to give...
AND EVEN NOW I KNOW (κα νυν οιδα). Rather just, "Even now I know." Αλλα (but) of the Textus Receptus is not genuine.WHATSOEVER THOU SHALT ASK OF GOD (οσα αν αιτηση τον θεον). Indefinite relative ...
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 of Mary and her sister Martha._ To many people, it may have seemed an event of no particular importance that «a certain man...
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...
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...
_But I know that even now, whatsoever Thou wilt ask of God, God will give it Thee._ And consequently, if Thou shouldest beg of God the raising again of Lazarus, although he has been four days in the t...
_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...
Hebrews 11:17; John 11:41; John 11:42; John 17:2; John 3:35;...
Wilt ask of God [α ι τ η σ η τ ο ν θ ε ο ν]. The verb aijtew is used of the asking of an inferior from a superior. Erwtaw is to ask on equal terms, and hence is always used by Christ of His own asking...
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...
Whatsoever thou wilt ask, God will give it thee — So that she already believed he could raise him from the dead....