WAS SICK. Pointing to great weakness and exhaustion, the result of active disease, rather than the disease itself. The verb is used thirty-six times, gene- rally translated in the Gospels "sick", in Paul's Epistles "weak", but in John 5:3; John 5:7 "impotent". LAZARUS. Same as Eleazar. God helpeth.... [ Continue Reading ]
IT WAS, &c. This is an explanatory statement, anticipating what is related in John 12:3. THE LORD. Greek. Kurios. App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
SENT. Greek _apostello._ App-174., If the place of John 10:40 was Bethabara beyond Jordan, and is to be identified with Beth-nimrah (Numbers 32:36) in Peraea, it would be about 25 miles from Jerusalem. UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. LORD. App-98. BEHOLD. Greek. _ide._ App-133. LOVEST. App-135. I... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS. App-98. SICKNESS. Greek. _asthenia =_ weakness, not _nosos,_ active disease. See note on Matthew 4:23. NOT. Greek. ou, App-105. FOR. for the purpose of. Greek _huper.App-104._ THE GLORY, &c. The glory of God and of His Son are one and the same. GLORY. See the book comments for John. GOD... [ Continue Reading ]
LOVED. App-135. Not the same word as in verses: John 11:3; John 11:36.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE ABODE... STILL. Greek. _tote men emeinen._ Then indeed He remained. Both Authorized Version and Revised Version omit these important adverbs. IN. Greek. _en._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN AFTERWARD. Greek. _epeita._ AFTER, Greek. _meta._ App-104. INTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
MASTER. Rabbi. App-98. OF LATE SOUGHT. just now were seeking. Compare John 8:5 John 8:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
TWELVE HOURS. reckoning from sunrise to sunset, 6am to 6pm. IF. App-118. ANY MAN. App-123. SEETH. App-133. the light, &c., i.e. the sun naturally, the Sun of righteousness metaphorically, LIGHT. Greek. phos. App-130. WORLD, Greek. _kosmos._ App-129.... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE IS NO LIGHT IN HIM. the light is not (Greek. _ou._ App-105) IN HIM. The clauses in verses: John 11:9; John 11:10 are strictly antithetical. ILLUSTRATION Walking by day in the light of the sun,. man stumbles not. (EXOTERIC). Walking by night without that light, he stumbles. APPLICATION He t... [ Continue Reading ]
FRIEND. Greek. _philos,_ noun of _phileo, John 11:3._ SLEEPETH. has fallen asleep. Greek. _koimaomai._ App-171. GO. Greek. _poreuomai,_ to go with. set purpose. Compare John 14:2; John 14:3, and Matthew 2:8; Matthew 2:9. Not the same word as John 11:8. AWAKE HIM OUT OF SLEEP. Greek. _exupnizo_. O... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN. Therefore. if. App-118. SHALL DO WELL. shall be saved. Greek. sozo', as in John 10:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. concerning. Greek. _peri._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SAID JESUS. literal. Then therefore Jesus said. plainly. See John 10:24. IS DEAD. died. Aorist tense. This shows that death had taken place some time before, probably soon after the message was sent by the sisters. Compare verses: John 11:17; John 11:39.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR YOUR SAKES. on account of (Gr _dia._ App-104.John 11:2; John 11:2) you. BELIEVE. App-150. i.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOMAS. App-94 and App-141. DIDYMUS. twin,. Greek word with the same meaning as Thomas. Occurs here, John 20:24, and John 21:2. FELLOW DISCIPLES. Greek. summathetes. Occurs only here. WITH (Greek. _meta.App-104._ 1) Him, i.e. the Lord, not with Lazarus. Thomas realized that to return to the neigh... [ Continue Reading ]
GRAVE. tomb. Greek _mnemeion._ First,. memorial or monument, then. sepulchre. Compare John 5:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
ABOUT, &c.. as it were from (Greek. _apo._ App-104.) FIFTEEN FURLONGS, i.e. 11 miles.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. out of, from among. Greek _ek._ App-104. CAME. had come. TO. Greek. _pros,_ as in John 11:3 COMFORT. Greek. _paramutheomai;_ to speak tenderly, consolingly. Occurs only here; John 11:31; 1 Thessalonians 2:11 and John 5:14. CONCERNING. Greek. _peri,_ as in John 11:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
WENT AND MET. met. The word implies desire to avoid notice, SAT STILL. was sitting (Greek. _kathezomai)._ There is no word for "still", and the Authorized Version and Revised Version insertion of it implies, without warrant, that Mary heard as well as Martha, but nevertheless remained where she was... [ Continue Reading ]
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 claim of John 10:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
RISE AGAIN. Greek. _anistemi._ See App-178.... [ Continue Reading ]
RESURRECTION. App-178. AT. in. Greek. _en._ App-104. LAST DAY. See John 6:39; John 6:40; John 6:44; John 6:54; John 12:48. and compare Daniel 12:2; Daniel 12:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM (emphatic). See note on Exodus 3:14, and Compare John 8:58. LIFE. Greek _zoe._ App-170. BELIEVETH. See App-150. These words refer to 1 Thessalonians 4:16. IN. Greek. _eis._ App-104. YET SHALL HE LIVE. shall live. Figure of speech _Aposiopesis._ App-6. The word "yet "is not in the Greek, and... [ Continue Reading ]
LIVETH. is alive, referring to 1 Thessalonians 4:17. NEVER. by no means (Greek. _ou me._ App-105) unto the age (Greek. _eis ton aiona._ App-151). BELIEVEST. See App-150.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CHRIST. the Messiah (App-98). the Son of God (App-98). Compare Peter's confession in Matthew 16:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
SECRETLY, SAYING. saying secretly. THE MASTER. Greek. _ho didaskalos._ App-98. John 11:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAW. Greek. _eidon._ App-133. SAYING. T Tr.. WH. read, "supposing". UNTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. WEEP (Greek. _klaio) =_. to wail. Not the same word as in John 11:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
FELL DOWN. Others who fell down before Him or at His feet were the wise men (Matthew 2:11), Jairus (Mark 5:22), the woman (Mark 5:33), the Syrophenician (Mark 7:25), Peter (Luke 5:8), the leper (Luke 5:12), the Gadarene (Luke 8:28), and the Samaritan (Luke 17:16). This makes nine in all. See App-10.... [ Continue Reading ]
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; Mark 14:5. SPIRIT. App-101. WAS TROUBLED. troubled Himself. Compare Genesis 6:6; Judges 10:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
WEPT. shed tears. Greek _dakruo._ Occurs only here. The noun _dakru_ or _dakruon_ occurs eleven times, and is always translated by plural "tears".... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. But. THIS MAN (Greek. _houtos). this_ (One). Compare Matthew 8:27. BLIND. blind (man). See John 9:1. NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO. unto. Greek _eis,_ as John 11:31. CAVE. Natural or artificial. Compare Isaiah 22:16. UPON. against. Greek. _epi._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOUR DAYS. The Rabbis taught that the spirit wandered about for three days, seeking re-admission to the body, but abandoned it on the fourth day, as corruption began then.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEE. App-133. THE GLORY OF GOD, i.e. the manifestation of the same glory by which Christ was raised. Compare Romans 6:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 (Luke 10:21); Joh 26:39, Joh 26:42 (Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42). Joh 23:34, Joh 23:46. John 11:41; John 12:27;... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE OF. Greek. _dia,_ as in John 11:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
COME FORTH. literally hither, out.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Hebrew _marebaddim._ Originally it meant. bed-girth, and so any kind of wrapping. Here,. swathings.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEEN (Greek. _theaomai._ App-133.). regarded with wonder. THE THINGS WHICH. Some read "the thing which", referring to this special miracle, or rather these two miracles; for how could Lazarus, when restored to life, come forth, bound, as he was, hand and foot, and his eyes covered, save by. further... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT SOME. These were probably temple spies, WENT, &a.. went off. PHARISEES. See App-120. TOLD. "informed". WHAT THINGS. the thing which, as in John 11:45. So LT Tr. WH.... [ Continue Reading ]
COUNCIL. Greek _sunedrion._ The Sanhedrin was the supreme national court. See Matthew 5:22. It consisted of seventy-one members, originating, according to the Rabbis, with the seventy elders, with Moses at their head (Numbers 11:24). Its sittings were held in the "stone chamber" in the temple precin... [ Continue Reading ]
OUR OF US. Greek. _hemon._ Both the word and its position are emphatic. They claimed for themselves what belonged to God. Compare Matthew 23:38, YOUR HOUSE. So the feasts of the Lord (Leviticus 23:2), are called in this gospel, feasts of the Jews (John 11:55; John 5:1; John 6:4; John 7:2). PLACE Gr... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT, &c. Caiaphas had been appointed six months before. YE KNOW NOTHING AT ALL. ye know nothing (Greek. _ouk ouden,_. double negative), i.e. you do not grasp the position; you do not see how critical it is.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOR. Greek. _oude._ IT IS EXPEDIENT. it is to our interest. US. All the texts read "you". PEOPLE. Greek. _loos._ The word that expresses their relationship to God (Deuteronomy 14:2.Matthew 2:6; Matthew 2:6), as "nation" is. more general term (Luke 7:8; Luke 23:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
PROPHESIED. The Jews regarded any _ex cathedra_ utterance of the High Priest as inspired. Here Caiaphas was used by God, as Salaam was (Numbers 22:38). See Acts 2:23; Acts 4:27; Acts 4:28. SHOULD DIE. was about to die.... [ Continue Reading ]
GATHER TOGETHER. Compare John 10:16 with Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 31:10. CHILDREN. Greek _teknon._ App-108. WERE SCATTERED ABROAD. had been scattered. See Leviticus 26:33.Deuteronomy 28:64.Jeremiah 9:16; Ezekiel 12:15; Ezekiel 22:15, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM. Greek. _apo._ App-104. THAT DAY, i.e. the day on which the council came to their awful decision. FOR TO, &c. -in order that (Greek. _hina)_ they might kill Him, i.e. on some _judicial_ pretence. The raising of Lazarus, followed, as it was. by so many becoming believers, brought the malignity... [ Continue Reading ]
WALKED. was walking. OPENLY. Same as "plainly "in John 11:14. AMONG. Greek. _en._ App-104. EPHRAIM. If it is to be identified with the modern _Ophrah,_ it is about 16 miles north-east of Jerusalem. Compare 2 Chronicles 13:19. CONTINUED (Greek. _diatribo)_. abode; so translated in Acts 12:19; Acts... [ Continue Reading ]
JEWS' PASSOVER. Commencing on the 14th Nisan. See note on John 2:13. OUT OF. Greek. _ek._ App-104. BEFORE. Greek. _pro._ App-104. TO. in order to. Greek. _hina._ PURIFY THEMSELVES: i.e. from Levitical uncleanness. See Numbers 9:10 and Acts 21:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUGHT. were seeking. AMONG THEMSELVES. with (Greek. _meta._ App-104.) one another. TEMPLE. Greek. _hieron._ See note on Matthew 23:16. NOT. in no wise. Greek. ou _me._ App-105.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANY MAN. any one. Greek. Us. App-123. KNEW. got to know. Greek _ginosko._ App-133. SHEW. disclose. Gr _menuo._ Only used here, Luke 20:37; Acts 23:30, and 1 Corinthians 10:28. TAKE. arrest. Greek. _piazo._ Occurs twelve times, nine times in this sense. The three exceptions are John 21:3; John 21:... [ Continue Reading ]