John 11:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. ”

• John 11:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Many of the Jews - Probably their distant relatives or their friends. To comfort - These visits of consolation were commonly extended to seven clays (Grotius; Lightfoot).

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• John 11:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (4) And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. (4) God, who is the maker of nature, does not condemn natural emotions, but shows that they ought to be gu...

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• John 11:19 - 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 11:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  of . out of, from among. Greek ek. App-104. came . had come. to. Greek. pros, as in John 11:3 comfort. Greek. paramutheomai; to speak tenderly, consolingly. Occurs only here; John 1...

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• John 11:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  19. To comfort them concerning their brother. This was, no doubt, the object which they had in view, but God had another object to accomplish, as we have stated. It is evident from what is h...

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• John 11:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. Many of the Jews came - Bethany being so nigh to Jerusalem, many of the relatives and friends of the family cam...

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• John 11:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem,— The evangelist mentions the vicinity of Bethany to Jerusalem, and speaks of the company of friends that were with the two sisters, to shew that, by the directi...

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• John 11:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. And many of the Jews came, х eleelutheisan ( G2064 ) rather, 'had come'] to Martha and Mary, to com...

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• John 11:19 - 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 11:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary. — Better, and many of the Jews had come... — They had come before our Lord’s arrival. The word “Jews” is to be understood in St. John’s general sense...

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• John 11:19 - 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 11:19 - 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 11:19 - 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 11:19 - 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 11:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary ,.... Or "to those that were about Martha and Mary"; in order to have access to them, they came to them, and to the rest of the family; though the phrase...

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• John 11:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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 al...

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• John 11:19 - 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 11:19 - 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 11:19 - 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 11:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Not to pray with them for the soul of their brother departed. That departed souls are in a capacity to be advantaged by the prayers of their friends, or any such thing, are corruptions of latter time...

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• John 11:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off (fifteen stadia), and many of the Judaisers had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother.' Because Bethany was so close to Jer...

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• John 11:19 - 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 11:19 - 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 11:19 - 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 11:19 - 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 11:19 - 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 11:19 - 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 11:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The faith of Martha:

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• John 11:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 7:21 ; 1 Chronicles 7:22 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:18 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:11 ; 2 Corinthians 1:4 ; 2 Samuel 10:2 ; Ecclesiastes 7:2 ; Genesis 37:35 ; Isaiah 51:19 ; Jeremiah 16:5-7 ;...

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• John 11:19 - 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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