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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:3

Verse 3 3.Lo, he whom thou lovest is sick. The message is short, but Christ might easily learn from it what the two sisters wished; for, under this complaint, they modestly state their request that he would be pleased to grant them relief. We are not forbidden, indeed, to use a longer form of prayer; but our principal object ought to be, to pour into the bosom of God all our cares, and every thing that distresses us, that he may afford deliverance. Such is the manner in which the women act... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:4

Verse 4 4.Now Jesus, having heard this, said, This sickness is not to death. He intended by this reply to free his disciples from anxiety, that they might not take it amiss, when they saw him giving himself so little concern about the danger of his friend. That they might not be alarmed, therefore, about the life of Lazarus, he declares that the disease is not deadly, and even promises that it will be an additional occasion of promoting his own glory. Though Lazarus died, yet as Christ soon... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:5

Verse 5 5.And Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus. These two things appear to be inconsistent with each other, that Christ remains two days beyond Jordan, as if he did not care about the life of Lazarus, and yet the Evangelist says, that Christ loved him and his sisters; for, since love produces anxiety, he ought to have hastened immediately. As Christ is the only mirror of the grace of God, we are taught by this delay on his part, that we ought not to judge of the love of God from... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:7

Verse 7 7.And after this, he saith to his disciples. At length he now shows that he cared about Lazarus, though the disciples thought that he had forgotten him, or, at least, that there were other matters which he reckoned of more importance than the life of Lazarus. He therefore enjoins them to cross the Jordan, and go to Judea read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:8

Verse 8 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 himself, as the danger was common to all. Avoiding the cross, and being ashamed to own it, they allege — what is more plausible — that they are anxious about their Master. The same thing happens every day with many. For they who, through a dread of the cross, shrink from the performance of their... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:9

Verse 9 9.Are there not twelve hours in the day? This passage has been explained in various ways. Some have thought the meaning of these words to be, that men sometimes adopt a new and different resolution every hour. This is very far from Christ’s meaning; and indeed I would not have reckoned it worthy of being mentioned, had it not been that it has passed into a common proverb. Let us therefore be satisfied with the simple and natural meaning. First, Christ borrows a comparison from Day and... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:11

Verse 11 11.Our friend Lazarus sleepeth. Having formerly asserted that the disease was not deadly, that his disciples may not be too much distressed at seeing what they did not expect, he now informs them also that Lazarus is dead, and excites a hope of his resurrection. It is a proof of amazing ignorance, that they believe that Christ spoke about sleep; for, though it is a metaphorical form of expression, still it is so frequent and common in Scripture, that it ought to have been familiarly... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:12

Verse 12 12.If he sleepeth, he will recover. (313) Replying that sleep will have a salutary effect on Lazarus, they thus endeavor indirectly to dissuade Christ from going thither. And yet they do not craftily or deceitfully turn aside Christ’s words to suit their own purpose, on the pretense of not understanding what he said; (314) but, thinking that he spoke about sleep, they gladly seize this opportunity of avoiding danger. Augustine, and many writers since his time, speculate about the word... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 11:1

Now a certain (man) was sick, (named) Lazarus, of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha . The certain man who was sick, Lazarus (or Eleazar) by name, £ was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. The two prepositions ἀπὸ and ἐκ generally denote procession from, but the latter implies closer and more intimate original association; they here are put in apposition, though there are passages where they are discriminated ( Luke 2:4 ; Acts 23:1-35 .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 11:1-16

(1) The mystery and might of sacrificial love seen in the prelude of the miracle . read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:12

The Pulpit Commentary - John 11:1

The Pulpit Commentary - John 11:1-16

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