Mat 21:17, Mar 11:11, Luk 24:50, Joh 11:1, 44 | TSK | STEP | he left. Bethany.Bethany was a village to the east of the mount of Olives, on the road to Jericho; fifteen stadia, (Joh. 11:18) or nearly two miles, as Jerome states, from Jerusalem. This village is now small and poor, and the cultivation of the soil around it is much neglected; but it is a pleasant, romantic spot, shaded by the mount of Olives, and abounding in vines and long grass. It consists of from thirty to forty dwellings inhabited by about 600 Mohammedans, for whose use there is a neat little mosque standing on an eminence. Here they shew the ruins of a sort of castle as the house of Lazarus, and a grotto as his tomb; and the house of Simon the leper, of Mary Magdalene and of Martha, and the identical tree which our Lord cursed, are among the monkish curiosities of the place.

Matthew 21:17

he left.

16:4; Jer 6:8; Ho 9:12; Mr 3:7; Lu 8:37,38

Bethany.Bethany was a village to the east of the mount of Olives, on the road to Jericho; fifteen stadia, (Joh. 11:18) or nearly two miles, as Jerome states, from Jerusalem. This village is now small and poor, and the cultivation of the soil around it is much neglected; but it is a pleasant, romantic spot, shaded by the mount of Olives, and abounding in vines and long grass. It consists of from thirty to forty dwellings inhabited by about 600 Mohammedans, for whose use there is a neat little mosque standing on an eminence. Here they shew the ruins of a sort of castle as the house of Lazarus, and a grotto as his tomb; and the house of Simon the leper, of Mary Magdalene and of Martha, and the identical tree which our Lord cursed, are among the monkish curiosities of the place.

Mr 11:11,19; Lu 10:38; Joh 11:1,18; 12:1-3

Mark 11:11

Jesus.

Mal 3:1; Mt 21:10-16; Lu 19:41-45

when.

Eze 8:9; Zep 1:12

he went.

Mt 21:17; Lu 21:37,38; Joh 8:1,2

Luke 24:50

as far.

Mr 11:1; Ac 1:12

he lifted.

Ge 14:18-20; 27:4; 48:9; 49:28; Nu 6:23-27; Mr 10:16; Heb 7:5-7

John 11:1

1 Christ raises Lazarus, four days buried.

45 Many Jews believe.

47 The high priests and Pharisees gather a council against Christ.

49 Caiaphas prophesies.

54 Jesus hides himself.

55 At the passover they enquire after him, and lay wait for him.

Now.The raising of Lazarus from the dead, being a work of Christ beyond measure great, the most stupendous of all he had hitherto performed, and beyond all others calculated to evince his Divine majesty, was therefore purposely recorded by the Evangelist John; while it was omitted by the other Evangelists, probably, as Grotius supposes, because they wrote their histories during the life of Lazarus, and they did not mention him for fear of exciting the malice of the Jews against him; as we find from ch. 12:10, that they sought to put him to death, that our Lord might not have such a monument of his power and goodness remaining in the land.

was sick.

3,6; Ge 48:1; 2Ki 20:1-12; Ac 9:37

Lazarus.

5,11; 12:2,9,17; Lu 16:20-25

Bethany.

12:1; Mt 21:17; Mr 11:1

Mary.

Lu 10:38-42

John 11:44

he that.

25,26; 5:21,25; 10:30; Ge 1:3; 1Sa 2:6; Ps 33:9; Eze 37:3-10; Ho 13:14

Ac 20:9-12; Php 3:21; Re 1:18

bound."Swathed about with rollers" or bandages, [keiria ,] long strips of linen, a few inches in breadth, brought round the [sindon ,] or sheet of linen in which the corpse was involved, and by which the [aromata,] or spices, were kept in contact with the flesh. In reply to sceptical objections, it is sufficient to observe, that he who could raise Lazarus from the dead, could, with a much less exertion of power, have so loosened or removed the bandages of his feet and legs as to have rendered it practicable for him to come forth. Tittman well observes, that Lazarus was restored not only to life but also to health, as appears from the alacrity of his motion; and this would constitute a new miracle.

20:5,7

Loose.

39; Mr 5:43; Lu 7:15