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John 11:44
And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes; and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes; and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
Verse 44. _BOUND HAND AND FOOT WITH GRAVE - CLOTHES_] _Swathed about_ _with rollers _- κειριαις, from κειρω, _I cut_. These were long slips of linen a few inches in breadth, with which the body and l...
HE THAT WAS DEAD - The same man, body and soul. BOUND HAND AND FOOT - It is not certain whether the whole body and limbs were bound together, or each limb separately. When they embalmed a person, the...
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 HE THAT WAS DEAD CAME FORTH. The earth had never beheld. more wonderful or startling sight. At once the sleeper arose, came forth from the dark and cold bed where he had lain for four days, bound...
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...
ON THE ROAD TO GLORY (John 11:1-5)...
HE THAT WAS DEAD. Greek. _ho tethnekos,_ the dead man. Compare Luke 7:12. GRAVECLOTHES. Greek. _keiriai._ Only used here in N.T. In the Septuagint it is used in Proverbs 7:16, as the rendering of the...
_came forth_ It is safest not to regard this as an additional miracle. The winding-sheet may have been loosely tied round him, or each limb may have been swathed separately: in Egyptian mummies someti...
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 SIGN...
ἘΞΗ͂ΛΘΕΝ. It is safest not to regard this as an additional miracle. The winding-sheet may have been loosely tied round him, or each limb may have been swathed separately: in Egyptian mummies sometimes...
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...
_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...
ΤΕΘΝΗΚΏΣ _perf. act. part. от_ ΘΝΉΣΚΩ (G2348) умирать; perf. быть мертвым. Subst. part. подчеркивает тот факт, что он был мертв. _Perf._ указывает на результаты смерти; то есть опять же на то, что он...
AND HE THAT WAS DEAD CAME FORTH,— It would have been the least part of the miracle, had Jesus made the rollers, with which Lazarus was bound, to unloose themselves from around his body, before he came...
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...
And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. AND HE THAT WAS DEAD CAME FORT...
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...
CAME FORTH] doubtless with difficulty, his legs being bound together by grave-clothes. Hence the command 'Loose him.' It is possible, however, that the legs of Lazarus were swathed separately after th...
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...
AND HE THAT WAS DEAD CAME FORTH. — “Wonder at a wonder within a wonder!” is Basil’s comment on these words; and many of the older expositors regard the power to move, when bound hand and foot, as itse...
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,...
Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ τεθνηκὼς, “And out came the dead man,” δεδεμένος … περιεδέδετο, “bound feet and hands with grave-bands,” κειρίαις, apparently the linen bandages with which the corpse was swathed. Opinio...
_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...
Loose him, and let him go. Christ, says St. Gregory, by giving these orders to his apostles, shews that it belongs to his ministers to loose and absolve sinners, when they are moved to repentance, tho...
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...
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...
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...
“ _And after having spoken thus, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth._ 44. _And the dead man came forth, his feet and hands bound with bandages; and his face was wrapped in a napkin. Jesus...
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...
_THE RAISING OF LAZARUS_ ‘Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth.’ John 11:43 I. THE SYMPATHY OF JESUS. (_a_) _ He was vehemently moved_ against the havoc wrought by sin in the worl...
44._Bound hand and foot with bandages. _The Evangelist is careful to mention the_napkin _and _bandages, _in order to inform us that Lazarus went out of the tomb, in the same manner that he was laid in...
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...
AND HE THAT WAS DEAD CAME FORTH,.... That is, he who had been dead, being now made alive, and raised up, and set on his feet, came out of the cave: BOUND HAND AND FOOT WITH GRAVE CLOTHES; not that hi...
And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. Ver. 44. _And he that was dead_]...
_And he that was dead_ Greek, ο τεθνη κως, _he that had been dead; came forth_ “The dead man heard the voice of the Son of God, and came forth immediately. For he did not revive slowly, and by degrees...
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 fashion of their dressing up the dead differeth, according to the fashion of several countries; among the Jews, we understand by this text, they tied a napkin about their head, and some clothes ab...
Methodius Oration on the Psalms They saw Lazarus, who was made an exile from the region of death.[28]...
John 11:44 And G2532 died G2348 (G5761) out G1831 (G5627) bound G1210 (G5772) hand G5495 and...
‘And when he had thus spoken he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth”. He that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes, and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus 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 11:43-44. AND WHEN HE THUS HAD SPOKEN, HE CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE, LAZARUS, COME FORTH; AND HE THAT WAS DEAD CAME FORTH, BOUND HAND AND FOOT WITH GRAVEBANDS: AND HIS FACE WAS BOUND ABOUT WITH A N...
HE THAT WAS DEAD CAME FORTH (εξηλθεν ο τεθνηκως). Literally, "Came out the dead man," (effective aorist active indicative and perfect active articular participle of θνησκω). Just as he was and at o...
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;...
THE DEAD MAN CAME OUT. This is the third time Jesus invades the world of the dead to rescue someone. This time no one could doubt that a dead man had been raised to life! It is part of the miracle tha...
_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...
_Lazarus come forth._ A royal command befitting the majesty of God. (_St. Cyril._) THE SCENE Look at our Lord by this grave. How truly man, partaker of our common nature! The sight of the tomb awake...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 11:44 Remarkably, John does not record Lazarus’s reaction or any of the aftermath of his raising (compare Luke 8:55), except for the fact that many of the Jews... be
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...
_And he that was dead came forth_, &c. The power of the voice of Christ is made manifest, which instantly raised up the dead man, so that the things spoken might be done. _Grave-clothes_, bindings for...
"VER. 44. _And he that was dead came forth_, &c. The power of the voice of Christ is made manifest, which instantly raised up the dead man, so that the things spoken might be done. _Grave-clothes_, bi...
_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 Samuel 2:6; Acts 20:9; Ezekiel 37:3; Genesis 1:3; Hosea 13:14;...
Grave - clothes [κ ε ι ρ ι α ι ς]. Literally, swathing - bands. Only here in the New Testament. In John 19:40; John 20:5; John 20:7, ojqonia, linen bands, is used. A napkin [σ ο υ δ α ρ ι. ω]. See on...
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...
And he came forth bound hand and foot with grave clothes — Which were wrapt round each hand and each foot, and his face was wrapt about with a napkin — If the Jews buried as the Egyptians did, the fac...
How could Lazarus come forth from the tomb if he was bound hand and foot? PROBLEM: This verse states what seems impossible, namely, when Jesus raised Lazarus “he who had died came out bound hand and...