Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
John 11:33-44
THE SIGN
THE SIGN
JOHN 11:33 evnebrimh,sato tw|/ pneu,mati kai. evta,raxen e`auto,n Instead of the reading adopted as the text, several witnesses (î45 (î66?) D Q ¦1 22 131 660 1582 2193 itp cop...
Verse 33. _HE GROANED IN THE SPIRIT_, c.] Here the blessed Jesus shows himself to be _truly man_ and a man, too, who, notwithstanding his amazing dignity and excellence, did not feel it beneath him t...
HE GROANED IN THE SPIRIT - The word rendered “groaned,” here, commonly denotes to be angry or indignant, or to reprove severely, denoting violent agitation of mind. Here it also evidently denotes viol...
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...
HE GROANED IN SPIRIT AND WAS TROUBLED. The word rendered "groaned," undoubtedly means "was indignant" and is so rendered in the margin of the Revision. Jesus was deeply moved by the grief of Mary, bu...
ON THE ROAD TO GLORY (John 11:1-5)...
When Martha had said this, she went away and called Mary her sister. Without letting the rest of the people know, she said to her: "The Teacher has arrived and is calling for you." When she heard this...
GROANED. Greek. _embrimaomai,_ to snort as. horse does, from fear or anger; hence, to feel strong emotion, be indignant, &c. Only occurs here, John 11:38; Matthew 9:30; Mark 1:43;...
The Sign 33. _weeping … weeping_ The repetition is for emphasis, and to point a contrast which is the key to the passage. _he groaned in the spirit_ Better, _He_ WAS ANGERED _in the spirit_. The word...
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...
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 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...
ΕΊΔΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ, _см._ John 11:31. ΚΛΑΊΟΥΣΑΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΚΛΑΊΩ, _см._ John 11:31. _Praes. part._ указывает на одновременное действие: она плакала, ΣΥΝΕΛΘΌΝΤΑΣ _aor. act. pa...
WHEN JESUS THEREFORE SAW HER WEEPING, &C.— There never was a more striking picture of distress than that before us, the two affectionate sisters absorbed in grief, the numerous sympathetic crowd bathe...
JESUS WEPT _Text 11:28-37_ 28 And when she had said this, she went away, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Teacher is here, and calleth thee. 29 And she, when she heard it, arose q...
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...
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, WHEN JESUS THEREFORE SAW HER WEEPING, AND THE JEWS ALSO WEEPING WHIC...
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...
11:33 moved (a-18) Or 'groaned.' Elsewhere only in Matthew 9:30 ; Mark 1:43 ; Mark 14:5 , translated, 'sharply charged,' 'spoke very angrily.' Here it was inward feeling (in spirit) produced by the d...
HE GROANED] i.e. He sorrowed in sympathy with the mourners. But RM 'He was moved with indignation,' i.e. at the havoc wrought by death in thus cutting off a young life. Our Lord regarded not only sin,...
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...
HE GROANED IN THE SPIRIT, AND WAS TROUBLED. — The word rendered “groaned” occurs, besides in this verse and John 11:38, three times in the New Testament; in Matthew 9:30 (“and Jesus straitly charged 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,...
_The raising of Lazarus_....
Ἰησοῦς οὖν … αὐτόν. “Jesus, then, when He saw her weeping [κλαίειν is stronger than δακρύειν and might be rendered ‘wailing'. It is joined with ἀλαλάζειν, Mark 5:38; ὀλολύζειν, James 5:1; θορυβεῖν, Ma...
THE SYMPATHY OF JESUS John 11:28-35 It is not to be wondered at that the sisters and their friends wept as they stood beside the grave; but why did Jesus weep? He knew what He had come to do. He had...
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...
(5) When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he (f) groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, (5) Christ took upon himself together with our flesh all affec...
_He groaned in the spirit, and troubled himself. The Latin and Greek, both in this and the 38th verse, express a more than ordinary inward trouble. Christ, as he was truly man, had the affections and...
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...
“ _When therefore Jesus saw Mary weeping and the Jews who were with her weeping, he shuddered in his spirit and was troubled_, 34 _and he said, Where have you laid him. They say unto him, Lord, come a...
And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, the Master is come, and calleth for thee. (29) As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came 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...
33._He groaned in his spirit. _If Christ had not been excited to compassion by their tears, he would rather have kept his countenance unmoved, but when, of his own accord, he conforms to those mourner...
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...
WHEN JESUS THEREFORE SAW HER WEEPING,.... At his feet, who, for sorrow and grief of heart, could say no more to him; but having expressed these words, burst out into floods of tears: AND THE JEWS ALS...
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, Ver. 33. _When Jesus saw her weeping_] Tears are most effectual orator...
_When she had so said_ When she had testified her faith, as in the preceding verse; _she went and called Mary_ Jesus having inquired for her, as is implied in the next words, designing that she and he...
WAS TROUBLED; greatly moved with sympathy and sorrow....
The sorrow of Jesus:...
WHEN JESUS THEREFORE SAW HER WEEPING, AND THE JEWS ALSO WEEPING WHICH CAME WITH HER, HE GROANED IN THE SPIRIT, AND WAS TROUBLED,...
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...
WAS TROUBLED: _ Gr._ He troubled himself...
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 apostle speaks of Christ, HEBREWS 4:15, _as an High priest that can be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, _ and one that _can have compassion,_ HEBREWS 5:2. Martha's and Mary's passion f...
Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus Twelve Topics on the Faith Wherefore, when it is said that He was "troubled in spirit,"[32]...
John 11:33 Therefore G3767 when G5613 Jesus G2424 saw G1492 (G5627) her G846 weeping G2799 (G5723) and...
‘When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Judaisers also weeping who came with her, he groaned in spirit and was troubled. And he said, “Where have you laid him?”.' Mary was weeping, and ‘the Jud...
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 11:33. WHEN JESUS THEREFORE SAW HER LAMENTING, AND THE JEWS LAMENTING WHICH CAME WITH HER, HE WAS MOVED WITH INDIGNATION IN HIS SPIRIT, AND TROUBLED HIMSELF. THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT THE FIRST...
WHEN JESUS THEREFORE SAW HER WEEPING (Ιησους ουν ως ειδεν αυτην κλαιουσαν). Proleptic position of "Jesus," "Jesus therefore when he saw." She was weeping at the feet of Jesus, not at the tomb.AND T...
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;...
HIS HEART WAS TOUCHED AND HE WAS DEEPLY MOVED. His sympathy with the weeping sister and the wailing crowd causes this deep emotion. [The Expositor's Greek Testament says: "To refer His strong feeling...
_When Jesus therefore saw her weeping_ CHRIST CONCEALING HIS GLORY In this history our Saviour appears under two very different aspects. As the sun, on some days, sometimes shines out in full streng...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 11:33 DEEPLY MOVED. Jesus felt deep sorrow about his friend’s death and about the grief his other friends felt. He may also have been angry about the evil of death, the final enemy ...
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...
_When Jesus therefore saw her weeping_, &c. You will ask, of what nature was the groaning and trouble of Christ? First, Eusebius Emissenus, or rather Gallus: He groaned that He might teach us to groan...
_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...
Genesis 43:30; Genesis 43:31; Genesis 45:1; Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 5:7;
He groaned in the spirit [ε ν ε β ρ ι μ η σ α τ ο τ ω π ν ε υ μ α τ ι]. See on Mark 1:43. The word for groaned occurs three times elsewhere : Matthew 9:30; Mark 1:43; Mark 14:5
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...
He groaned — So he restrained his tears. So he stopped them soon after, John 11:38. He troubled himself — An expression amazingly elegant, and full of the highest propriety. For the affections of Jesu...
Observe here, 1. The condolency and tender sympathy expressed by our Saviour upon this occasion: HE GROANED IN HIS SPIRIT, AND WAS TROUBLED: or, as the original has it, he troubled himself, intimating...