The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide
John 11:8
His disciples say, &c. The disciples say this, because they feared the Jews on account of Christ, and still more for themselves.
His disciples say, &c. The disciples say this, because they feared the Jews on account of Christ, and still more for themselves.
Verse John 11:8. _THE JEWS OF LATE SOUGHT TO STONE THEE_] It was but a few weeks before that they were going to stone him in the temple, on the day of the feast of the dedication, John 10:31....
OF LATE - About four months before, John 10:31....
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...
LET US GO INTO JUDEA AGAIN. His proposal to recross the Jordan, and to return to the locality where his enemies were gathered, was opposed by his disciples. They knew well that the authorities at Jer...
Now, when Jesus had received the news that Lazarus was ill, he continued to stay where he was for two days. But after that he said to his disciples: "Let us go to Judaea again." His disciples said to...
ON THE ROAD TO GLORY (John 11:1-5)...
MASTER. Rabbi. App-98. OF LATE SOUGHT. just now were seeking. Compare John 8:5 John 8:9....
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...
_Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee_ Better, RABBI (see on John 4:31) JUST NOW _the Jews_ WERE SEEKING _to stone Thee_(John 10:31) _and_ ART THOU GOING _thither again?_-Again" is emphatic....
THE PRELUDE TO THE SIGN...
ῬΑΒΒΊ, ΝΥ͂Ν Κ.Τ.Λ. RABBI (see on John 4:31) JUST NOW _the Jews_ WERE SEEKING _to stone Thee_ (John 10:31) _and_ art THOU GOING _thither again_? ‘Again’ is emphatic. For νῦν comp. John 21:10....
Ver 6. When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was. 7. Then after that says he to his disciples, Let us go into Judea again. 8. His disciples s...
_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...
ΈΖΉΤΟΥΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΖΗΤΈΩ (G2212) искать, ΛΙΘΆΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΛΙΘΆΖΩ (G3034) побивать камнями. Инфинитив-дополнение основного гл....
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 11:1-10 Below is an Analysis of the first ten verses of John 11. 1. Lazarus and his sisters, verses 1, 2. Before taking up the details of the passage which is...
His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again? HIS DISCIPLES SAY UNTO HIM, MASTER, THE JEWS OF LATE SOUGHT, [ nun (G3568) ezeetoun (G2212),...
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...
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...
MASTER, THE JEWS OF LATE SOUGHT TO STONE THEE. — Better, _Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone Thee._ (Comp. Notes on John 1:39; John 10:31.) They think of the danger to Him, and are not wit...
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 announcement of His intention is received with astonishment: Ῥαββὶ … ἐκεῖ. “Rabbi, the men of Judaea were but now seeking to stone Thee, and goest Thou thither again?” “They think of the danger to...
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...
(3) [His] disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again? (3) This alone is the sure and right way to life, to follow God boldly without fear, who...
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...
“ _The disciples say to him; Master, the Jews were but now seeking to stone thee, and dost thou return thither?_ 9. _Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walk during the d...
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...
8._Rabbi, the Jews but lately sought to stone thee. _When the disciples dissuade him from going, they do so, not so much perhaps on his account as on their own, for each of them is alarmed about himse...
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...
[HIS] DISCIPLES SAID UNTO HIM, MASTER,.... Addressing him very reverently, and with great concern for his safety, as well as their own: THE JEWS OF LATE, or but now, SOUGHT TO STONE THEE; as they ha...
_His_ disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again? Ver. 8. _And goest thou thither again?_] Yea, with the hazard of his life, to the help of hi...
_Then after that_ Namely, on the third day; _he saith, Let us go into Judea again_ When the proper time for setting out for Bethany was come, Jesus desired his disciples to accompany him into Judea. B...
The return to Judea:...
HIS DISCIPLES SAY UNTO HIM, MASTER, THE JEWS OF LATE SOUGHT TO STONE THEE, AND GOEST THOU THITHER AGAIN?...
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...
7-10 Christ never brings his people into any danger but he goes with them in it. We are apt to think ourselves zealous for the Lord, when really we are only zealous for our wealth, credit, ease, and...
SEE POOLE ON "1 THESSALONIANS 10:31". There were not three months elapsed since the Jews had so sought to have stoned him, and there was no reason for him to think that their fury was in any whit abat...
John 11:8 disciples G3101 said G3004 (G5719) Him G846 Rabbi G4461 lately G3568 Jews G2453 sought G2212 ...
‘Then after this he says to his disciples, “Let us go into Judea again.” The disciples say to him, “Rabbi, the Judaisers were but now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?” ' Once His 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...
John 11:8. THE DISCIPLES SAY UNTO HIM, RABBI, BUT NOW THE JEWS WERE SEEKING TO STONE THEE; AND GOEST THOU THITHER AGAIN? The words ‘but now' (only just now) seem to show that the sojourn in Perea (cha...
WERE BUT NOW SEEKING TO STONE THEE (νυν εζητουν σε λιθασα). Conative imperfect of ζητεω with reference to the event narrated in John 10:39 in these very words.GOEST THOU THITHER AGAIN? (παλιν υπα...
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;...
AND YOU PLAN TO GO BACK THERE? They think only of the danger to Jesus....
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....
_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...
Acts 20:24; Acts 21:12; Acts 21:13; John 10:31; John 10:39;...
Of late sought [ν υ ν ε ζ η τ ο υ ν]. Rev., much better, giving the true force of nun, now, and of the imperfect : were but now seeking. Goest [υ π α γ ε ι ς]. Dost thou withdraw from this safe retre...
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...