John 11:1

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:1-2

‘Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha, and it was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.’ Lazarus lived in Bethany, about two miles outside Jerusalem. He was ‘brother to Martha and Mary’. It may well have been at their house that Jesus tended to stay when He was in Jerusalem (Matthew 21:17; Mark 11:11; Luke 10:38-42 - see also John 12:1-8), and it could well have been... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 11:1-44

John 11. The Raising of Lazaras. John 11:1-Acts : . 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 beyond Jordan ( John 1:28), is described as the home of Mary and Martha, the younger sister being the better known in Christian tradition as the woman who anointed the Lord. The author assumes knowledge of the story, which he does not relate till a subsequent chapter. The sisters send to tell... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 11:1

Bethany (as appears by John 11:18) was nigh unto Jerusalem, not wholly at two miles distance from it: but our Saviour was not at this time in Judea, for, John 11:7, he saith to his disciples, Let us go into Judea again. He was at this time in Galilee, or in Peraea; and we shall find, John 11:17, that Lazarus had been in his grave four days before our Saviour got thither: so as we must allow at least six or seven days between the time when Christ heard of Lazarus’s sickness, and the time when he... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - John 11:1-45

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTESTHE RAISING OF LAZARUSJohn 11:1-2. The various theories as to the reason why this great miracle is not recorded by the other Evangelists need not be fully discussed in this commentary, nor the rationalistic theories which seek to explain it away. But see note, pp. 70–72. Lazarus.—I.e. לַעְוָר, a shortened form of אֶלְעָוָר, Eleazar. Bethany.—See note, John 12:1. Town (κώμη).—I.e. village. Mary and her sister Martha.—They are thus mentioned as people whose names... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 11:1-57

John 11:0 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 Lord is laying down a great philosophy of work, he is indicating that there are times and seasons for labour; and that not only is work to be done, but done at the proper time the light for labour, the darkness for rest. II. The "If" of hope shadowed by fear. "Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well."... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - John 11:1-57

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 living God, bringing people to a faith in Him, as such, that through that faith they might have the life of Christ imparted to them. And he testifies there were many other things that Jesus did which he did not record, but these he recorded that you might believe. And so John is writing from a slant,... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - John 11:1-57

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 7:0., for that was a woman of the city; and Mary Magdalene is distinguished from this Mary by two of the evangelists. Luke 10:39; Luke 24:10. John 20:1. See the note also on Matthew 26:7. John 11:9 . Are there not twelve hours in the day? Then, though the jews sought to stone the Saviour, he assigns a reason why we should go on... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 11:1-6

John 11:1-6Now a certain man was sick named Lazarus of BethanyLazarusThe English reader would at first sight hardly recognize the New Testament “Lazarus” as identical with the Old Testament “Eleazar.” The two words are, however, the same. In the dialect of the Jerusalem Talmud, words that begin with an aleph (in English, say, an unaspirated initial vowel, like a or e) often drop that initial. Eleazar (AL’AZR) thus becomes L’azar (L’AZR); and so the name occurs, in point of fact, more than once... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 11:1

1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. Ver. 1. Bethany, the town of Mary, &c. ] Not the tower ( castellum ) of Mary and Martha, as some monks have doted; digni sane qui ad grammatices elementa remittantur, truly worth are those who relax the laws of grammar, from the saith an interpreter. Bethany was a small town or village nigh to Jerusalem, where dwelt these three, Lazarus and his two sisters, all in one house (though ... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - John 11:1

Now: The raising of Lazarus from the dead, being a work of Christ beyond measure great, the most stupendous of all he had hitherto performed, and beyond all others calculated to evince his Divine majesty, was therefore purposely recorded by the Evangelist John; while it was omitted by the other Evangelists, probably, as Grotius supposes, because they wrote their histories during the life of Lazarus, and they did not mention him for fear of exciting the malice of the Jews against him; as we... read more

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