john-11:5-6,-john-11:32

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 11:5

Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.Jesus loves all of his followers as individuals, and not merely in groups or families; hence, it is recorded not that Jesus loved the Lazarus family, but that he loved Martha, and Mary, and Lazarus. All who love Jesus may write their own names in the sequence with perfect confidence. 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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 11:5

John 11:5. Now Jesus loved Martha, &c.— On account of their unfeigned piety towards God, their friendship and affection towards each other, and their faith in him as the Messiah. See John 11:27. The evangelist mentions the love which Jesus bore to Mary, and her sister, and Lazarus, before he informs us, that, after receiving the message, he stayed two days without stirring from the place where he was.His design in this might be, to insinuate that our Lord's delaying so long after the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 11:5

5. Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus—what a picture!—one that in every age has attracted the admiration of the whole Christian Church. No wonder that those miserable skeptics who have carped at the ethical system of the Gospel, as not embracing private friendships in the list of its virtues, have been referred to the Saviour's peculiar regard for this family as a triumphant refutation, if such were needed. 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 Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - John 11:5

11:5 loved (b-3) Agapao , as ch. 3.35. 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

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 11:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 11:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 11:5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 11:5

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

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - John 11:5

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

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