John 11:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. ”

• John 11:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  In the grave - It was sometimes the custom to embalm the dead, but in this case it does not seem to have been done. He was probably buried soon after death.

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• John 11:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  John 11. The Raising of Lazaras. John 11:1-44 . 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 Beth...

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• John 11:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  grave . tomb. Greek mnemeion. First,. memorial or monument, then. sepulchre. Compare John 5:28 .

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• John 11:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. He had lain in the grave four days already - Our Lord probably left Bethabara the day, or the day after, Lazarus died...

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• John 11:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  He had lain in the grave four days— As a day or two at least must have been spent in making preparations for the funeral, and as Lazarus, when Jesus came, had been already buried four days, he co...

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• John 11:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days. If he died on the day that the tidings...

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• John 11:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Christ the Resurrection and the Life 1-44. 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 i...

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• John 11:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Then when Jesus came — i.e., to the neighbourhood of Bethany. He did not at once enter the village itself ( John 11:20 ; John 11:30 ). He found that he had lain in the grave four days already....

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• John 11:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 23 JESUS THE RESURRECTION AND LIFE. “Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha. And it was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointme...

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• John 11:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Jesus the Resurrection and the Life John 11:17-27 His step may linger, but Jesus comes at length. While He seems to tarry, He knows each sigh, pang, and tear that escapes from the sufferer and...

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• John 11:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Here we have the account of the last sign wrought by Jesus as recorded by John, namely, the raising of Lazarus. Very beautiful in this connection is the depiction of the sorrow of the sisters, and ou...

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• John 11:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. (18) Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off. (19) And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary...

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• John 11:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Then when Jesus came ,.... The Alexandrian copy, and all the Oriental versions add, "to Bethany"; though it seems by what follows, that he was not come to the town itself, but near it; and it looks...

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• John 11:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. Ver. 17. That he had lain in the grave four days ] So that he might seem now to come too late. The faith of the t...

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• John 11:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  When Jesus came, he found When Jesus and his disciples were come nigh to Bethany, they were told by some of the inhabitants, whom, it seems, they met accidentally, that Lazarus had been buried four...

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• John 11:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE DEATH OF LAZARUS (vs.1-27) The raising of Lazarus in this chapter is a striking witness to the fact that the plotting of the Jews to kill the Lord Jesus was vanity; for He Himself is superior...

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• John 11:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ at Bethany.       17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.   18 Now Bethany was nigh u...

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• John 11:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Christ came to Bethany where Lazarus died; he found he had lain in the grave four days; so as probably Christ came not to Bethany till four days or more after the death of Lazarus, or near upon....

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• John 11:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘So when Jesus came he found that he had already been four days in the tomb.' The time of four days is emphasised so as to demonstrate that Lazarus really was dead and his body probably beginning to...

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• John 11:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES THE RAISING OF LAZARUS John 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 discus...

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• John 11:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  John 11 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."...

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• John 11:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 11:1 . Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town or Mary and her sister Martha. In God's book, towns are most remarkable for saints that dwell in them. «The town of Mar...

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• John 11:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 ., for that was a woman of the c...

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• John 11:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

  When Jesus came Christ’s help is sure, if delayed He usually reserves His hand for a dead lift. When our faith begins to flag, and hang the wing when our strength is gone, and we have given up...

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• John 11:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION John 11:1-43 7. Christ the Antagonist of death—a victory of love and power . The narrative of this chapter is a further advance in the proof that the unbelief of the Jews w...

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• John 11:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Then when Jesus came, He found that he had lain in the grave four days already.

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• John 11:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 2:27-31 ; Hosea 6:2 ; John 11:39 ; John 2:19

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• John 11:17 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Raising of Lazarus John 11:1-44 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Some ideas concerning the cause of sickness. (1) The ancients thought that sickness was the result of sin. The Book of Job goes into...

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