Joh 11:19 | TNotes | STEP | 11:19 Life in New Testament times was lived publicly. Lazarus’s large extended family, as well as the villagers, had arrived for a seven-day mourning period. To console the sisters in their loss , there was great wailing and crying (see 11:33 and corresponding study note).

‏ John 11:19

11:19 ^a Life in New Testament times was lived publicly. Lazarus’s large extended family, as well as the villagers, had arrived for a seven-day mourning period. To console the sisters in their loss, there was great wailing and crying (see 11:33 ^b and corresponding study note).