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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 11:3-6

John 11:3-6. Therefore his sisters Observing his sickness was of a dangerous kind, and therefore being full of concern for him, knowing where Jesus was, thought proper to send him word of it; for they firmly expected that he, who had cured so many strangers, would willingly come and give health to one whom he so tenderly loved. When Jesus heard this he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God The event of this sickness will not be death, in the usual sense of the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 11:1-44

BACK TO JUDEA116. Resurrection of Lazarus (John 11:1-44)While Jesus was still in the region between the Jordan and Jerusalem, he heard that his friend Lazarus, who lived in Bethany, was seriously ill. Jesus did not hurry to Bethany, because he knew that Lazarus was already dead. By raising him to life, Jesus would give unmistakable evidence of his unity with the Father (John 11:1-6).After waiting two days, Jesus decided to set out for Bethany. The disciples tried to stop him, fearing that the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 11:6

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 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 11:6

When therefore he heard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in the place where he was.Westcott is doubtless correct in maintaining that:The supposition that the interval was left in order that the Lord might raise the dead instead of heal the sick, and so show greater power and win greater glory, is alien equally from the spirit and from the letter of the narrative.[7]The journey from Bethany to where Jesus was would have required at least a day; and thus Lazarus died when the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 11:6

6. When he heard he was sick, he abode two days still . . . where he was—at least twenty-five miles off. Beyond all doubt this was just to let things come to their worst, in order to display His glory. But how trying, meantime, to the faith of his friends, and how unlike the way in which love to a dying friend usually shows itself, on which it is plain that Mary reckoned. But the ways of divine are not as the ways of human love. Often they are the reverse. When His people are sick, in body or... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 11:1-16

Lazarus’ death 11:1-16In this pericope John stressed Jesus’ deliberate purpose in allowing Lazarus to die and the reality of his death. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 11:1-44

1. The seventh sign: raising Lazarus 11:1-44Jesus had presented Himself as the Water of Life, the Bread of Life, and the Light of Life. Now He revealed Himself as the resurrection and the life. This was the seventh and last of Jesus’ miraculous signs that John recorded, and it was the most powerful revelation of His true identity. [Note: See Edersheim, 2:308.] It shows Jesus’ authority over humankind’s greatest and last enemy: death. Some scholars view Jesus’ resurrection as one of His signs.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 11:5-6

John dispelled any doubt about Jesus’ true love (Gr. agape) for this family. His delay did not show disinterest but divine purpose (cf. John 2:4; John 7:3-10). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:1-57

Christ the Resurrection and the Life1-44. 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 clear that the evangelist was present. Three points about it are specially noteworthy: (1) that it was a physical miracle, which no ingenuity can reduce to a case of faith-healing; (2) that it was definitely worked to produce faith in Christ (John 11:42); (3) that more than any other miracle it was... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 11:6

(6) When he had heard therefore.—Better, When He heard therefore . . .He abode two days still.—It is usual to explain this delay as caused by His wish to test the faith of the sisters, or by the nature of the work which He was then doing, and was unwilling to leave. But the first reason passes over the fact that their faith had been shown in their message to Him; and the second postulates His presence at Bethany as necessary for the restoration of Lazarus. (Comp. John 4:49-50.) A juster view is... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 11:3-6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 11:1-44

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 11:6

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 11:6

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 11:6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 11:1-16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 11:1-44

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 11:5-6

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:1-57

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 11:6

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