19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. Ver. 19. To comfort them ] A pious office, and yet never thought of by the superstitious Papists, amidst all those vain fopperies they prescribe to be done about the dead. Only, what the ancients used for the comfort of the living is perverted by them to the pretended service and help of the dead. read more
20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. Ver. 20. But Mary sat still in, the house ] So, while faith sits at the centre, love walks the round. Dicit Fides, Parata sunt mihi omnia: Dicit Spes, Mihi ista servantur: Dicit Charitas, Ego curro ad illa, Faith says, everything is prepared for me: Hope says, such affairs preserve me: Love says, I run for these matters; saith Bernard. read more
21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. Ver. 21. Lord, if thou hadst been here, &c. ] Was she sure of that? but why was he dead, if Christ would not, though he were not there? We are all too much fastened to his bodily presence: howbeit, we never come to believe indeed till we are well persuaded of his omnipotence. But how fitly may many a poor soul say to the bloody non-resident, Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother, child, husband, had... read more
22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. Ver. 22. Whatsoever thou wilt ask ] This is our comfort, that our Advocate is all in all with his Father, and may have what he will of him. What need we any other "master of requests" than Christ? If David will hear Joab for Absalom; and Herod, Blastus for the Tyrians, Acts 12:20 ; what may not we hope? read more
23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Ver. 23. Thy brother shall rise again ] Let this consideration comfort us in the decease of our dearest friends, they are not lost, but laid up with Christ, who will bring them back with him at his coming, 1 Thessalonians 4:14 . As the same divine hand that buried Moses, that locked up this treasure and kept the key of it, brought it forth afterwards glorious in the transfiguration. The body that was hidden in the valley of Moab appeared... read more
24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Ver. 24. In the resurrection ] The Syriac hath it Benuchama, in the consolation. So the resurrection was ever to the disconsolate believers of both Testaments, Daniel 12:2 ; Hebrews 11:35 . In the primitive Church, when they repeated that article of the creed, "I believe the resurrection of the flesh," they would point to their bodies, and say, etiam huius carnis, even of this very flesh. read more
25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: Ver. 25. He that believeth in me, though, &c. ] Oh the wonderful force of faith! Questionless (saith a reverend man, Mr S. Ward) justifying faith is not beneath miraculous in the sphere of its own activity, and where it hath warrant of God’s word, &c. read more
26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? Ver. 26. Believest thou this? ] He saith not, Understandest thou this? For the mysteries of the Christian religion, saith Rupertus, are much better understood by believing than believed by understanding. read more
27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. Ver. 27. I believe that thou art the Christ ] What could Peter say more? Matthew 16:16 . Damaris may be as dear to God as Dionysius, a woman (of no note otherwise) as an Areopagite, Acts 17:34 . read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 11:18
18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: Ver. 18. About fifteen furlongs ] Not fully two miles: a short walk, and hence so great a resort to the place; not without a special providence of God, who ordereth all to his own glory. The Jews came only to comfort the sisters, and to condole with them (it is a mercy in misery to find such friends, qui maeroris et funeris pondera luctuosa participabunt, as Cyprian hath it, that will set to their shoulders, and bear a... read more