John 11

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

that Mary.

12:3; Mt 26:6,7; Mr 14:3

anointed.

Lu 7:37,38

he.

1,5; 13:23; Ge 22:2; Ps 16:3; Php 2:26,27; 2Ti 4:20; Heb 12:6,7

Jas 5:14,15; Re 3:19

This.

9:3; Mr 5:39-42; Ro 11:11

for.

40; 9:24; 12:28; 13:31,32; Php 1:11; 1Pe 4:11,14

that.

2:11; 5:23; 8:54; 13:31,32; 17:1,5,10; Php 1:20; 1Pe 1:21

loved.

8,36; 15:9-13; 16:27; 17:26

he abode.

Ge 22:14; 42:24; 43:29-31; 44:1-5; 45:1-5; Isa 30:18; 55:8,9

Mt 15:22-28

Let.

10:40-42; Lu 9:51; Ac 15:36; 20:22-24

the Jews.

10:31,39; Ps 11:1-3; Mt 16:21-23; Ac 21:12,13

and goest.

Ac 20:24

Are.

9:4; Lu 13:31-33

he stumbleth not.

12:35; Pr 3:23; Jer 31:9

Ps 27:2; Pr 4:18,19; Ec 2:14; Jer 13:16; 20:11; 1Jo 2:10,11

he saith.

3:29; 15:13-15; Ex 33:11; 2Ch 20:7; Isa 41:8; Jas 2:23

sleepeth.

13; De 31:16; Da 12:2; Mt 9:24; Mr 5:39; Ac 7:60; 1Co 15:18,51

1Th 4:14,15; 5:10

awake.

43,44; 5:25-29; Da 12:2; 1Co 15:34; Eph 5:14

12

13

plainly.

10:24; 16:25,29

I am glad.

35,36

for.

12:30; 17:19; Ge 26:24; 39:5; Ps 105:14; Isa 54:15; 65:8; 2Co 4:15

2Ti 2:10

to.

4; 2:11; 14:10,11; 1Jo 5:13

Thomas.

20:24-29; 21:2; Mt 10:3; Mr 3:18; Lu 6:15

Let.

8; 13:37; Mt 26:35; Lu 22:33

four.

39; 2:19; Ho 6:2; Ac 2:27-31

fifteen furlongs. that is, about two miles.

6:19; Lu 24:13; Re 14:20; 21:16

to comfort.

Ge 37:35; 2Sa 10:2; 1Ch 7:21,22; Job 2:11; 42:11; Ec 7:2; Isa 51:19

Jer 16:5-7; La 1:2,9,16,21; 2:13; Ro 12:15; 2Co 1:4; 1Th 4:18; 5:11

as soon.

30; Mt 25:1,6; Ac 10:25; 28:15; 1Th 4:17

if.

32,37; 4:47-49; 1Ki 17:18; Ps 78:19,41; Mt 9:18; Lu 7:6-10,13-15

Lu 8:49-55

that.

41,42; 9:31; Mr 9:23; Heb 11:17-19

God will give it thee.

3:35; 5:22-27; 17:2; Ps 2:8; Mt 28:18

Thy.

43,44

I know.

5:28,29; Ps 17:15; 49:14,15; Isa 25:8; 26:19; Eze 37:1-10; Da 12:2,3

Ho 6:2; 13:14; Mt 22:23-32; Lu 14:14; Ac 17:31,32; 23:6-9; 24:15

Heb 11:35

I am.

5:21; 6:39,40,44; Ro 5:17-19; 8:11; 1Co 15:20-26,43-57; 2Co 4:14

Php 3:10,20,21; 1Th 4:14; Re 20:5,10-15; 21:4

the life.

1:4; 5:26; 6:35; 14:6,19; Ps 36:9; Isa 38:16; Ac 3:15; Ro 8:2

Col 3:3,4; 1Jo 1:1,2; 5:11,12; Re 22:1,17

he that.

3:36; Job 19:25-27; Isa 26:19; Lu 23:43; Ro 4:17; 8:10,11,38,39

1Co 15:18,29; 2Co 5:1-8; Php 1:23; 1Th 4:14; Heb 11:13-16

whosoever.

3:15-18; 4:14; 5:24; 6:50,54-58; 8:52,53; 10:28; Ro 8:13; 1Jo 5:10-12

Believest.

9:35; 14:10; Mt 9:28; 26:53; Mr 9:23

Yea.

1:49; 4:42; 6:69; 9:36-38; 20:28-31; Mt 16:16; Ac 8:37; 1Jo 5:1

which.

6:14; Mal 3:1; Mt 11:3; Lu 7:19,20; 1Ti 1:15,16; 1Jo 5:20

and called.

20; 1:41,45; 21:7; Zec 3:10; Lu 10:38-42; 1Th 4:17,18; 5:11

Heb 12:12

The Master.

13:13; 20:16

come.

10:3; So 2:8-14; Mr 10:49

Ps 27:8; 119:59,60; Pr 15:23; 27:17; So 3:1-4

20

Jews.

19

She goeth.

Ge 37:35; 2Sa 12:16-18; 1Co 2:15

she fell.

Lu 5:8; 8:41; 17:16; Re 5:8,14; 22:8

if.

21,37; 4:49

the Jews.

Ro 12:15

he groaned.

38; 12:27; Mr 3:5; 9:19; 14:33-35; Heb 4:15; 5:7,8

was troubled. Gr. he troubled himself.

Ge 43:30,31; 45:1-5

1:39; 20:2; Mt 28:6; Mr 15:47; 16:6

33; Ge 43:30; Job 30:25; Ps 35:13-15; 119:136; Isa 53:3; 63:9

Jer 9:1; 13:17; 14:17; La 1:16; Lu 19:11,41; Ro 9:2,3; Heb 2:16,17

Heb 4:15

Behold.

14:21-23; 21:15-17; 2Co 8:8,9; Eph 5:2,25; 1Jo 3:1; 4:9,10; Re 1:5

Could.

9:6; Ps 78:19,20; Mt 27:40-42; Mr 15:32; Lu 23:35,39

groaning.

33; Eze 9:4; 21:6; Mr 8:12

It was.

Ge 23:19; 49:29-31; Isa 22:16; Mt 27:60,66

Take.

Mr 16:3

Lord.

17; Ge 3:19; 23:4; Ps 49:7,9,14; Ac 2:27; 13:36; Php 3:21

Said.

23-26; 2Ch 20:20; Ro 4:17-25

see.

4; 1:14; 9:3; 12:41; Ps 63:2; 90:16; 2Co 3:18; 4:6

And Jesus.

12:28-30; 17:1; Ps 123:1; Lu 18:13

Father.

Mt 11:25; Lu 10:21; Php 4:6

I knew.

22; 8:29; 12:27,28; Mt 26:53; Heb 5:7; 7:25

but.

31; 12:29,30

that they.

45-50; 9:24-34; 10:37,38; 20:31; Mt 12:22-24

that thou.

3:17; 6:38-40; 7:28,29; 8:16,42; 10:36; 17:8,21,25; Ro 8:3; Ga 4:4

1Jo 4:9,10,14

Lazarus.

1Ki 17:21,22; 2Ki 4:33-36; Mr 4:41; Lu 7:14,15; Ac 3:6,12; 9:34,40

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

Jews.

19,31; 2:23; 10:41; 12:9-11,17-19,42

5:15,16; 9:13; 12:37; Lu 16:30,31; Ac 5:25

gathered.

Ps 2:2-4; Mt 26:3; 27:1,2; Mr 14:1; Lu 22:2; Ac 4:5,6,27,28; 5:21

What.

12:19; Ac 4:16,17; 5:24

we let.

Ac 5:28,38-40

all.

1:7; Lu 8:12; 11:52; 1Th 2:15,16

and the.

De 28:50-68; Da 9:26,27; Zec 13:7,8; 14:1,2; Mt 21:40-42; 22:7

Mt 23:35-38; 27:25; Lu 19:41-44; 21:20-24; 23:28-31

Caiaphas.

18:13,14; Lu 3:2; Ac 4:6

Ye.

7:48,49; Pr 26:12; Isa 5:20-23; 1Co 1:20; 2:6; 3:18,19

48; 18:14; 19:12; Lu 24:46; Ro 3:8

being.

Ex 28:30; Jud 20:27,28; 1Sa 23:9; 28:6

he prophesied.

Nu 22:28; 24:2,14-25; Mt 7:22,23; 1Co 13:2; 2Pe 2:15-17

that Jesus.

10:15; Isa 53:5-8; Da 9:26; Mt 20:28; Ro 3:25,26; 2Co 5:21; Ga 3:13

Ga 4:4,5; 1Pe 2:24; 3:18

not.

1:29; 12:32; Ps 22:15,27; 72:19; Isa 49:6; Lu 2:32; Ro 3:29; 1Jo 2:2

Re 5:9; 7:9,10

gather.

10:16; Ge 49:10; Ps 102:22,23; Isa 11:10-12; 49:18; 55:5; 56:8; 60:4

Mt 25:31-34; Eph 1:9,10; 2:14-22; Col 1:20-23

the children.

Ho 1:10; Ac 18:10; Ro 4:17; 8:29,30; 9:25,26; Eph 1:5; 3:11

2Th 2:13,14

that were.

Eze 11:16,17; 34:12; Eph 2:14-17; Jas 1:1; 1Pe 1:1

from.

Ne 4:16; 13:21; Ps 113:2; Mt 16:21; 22:46

they.

47; Ps 2:2; 31:13; 71:10; Mr 3:6; Ac 5:33; 9:23

put.

12:10; Ps 109:4,5; Jer 38:4,15; Mt 26:59; Mr 14:1

walked.

4:1-3; 7:1; 10:40; 18:20

went.

7:4,10,13

Ephraim.Ephraim appears to be the same city which is called Ephrain, 2 Ch 13:19 (where see the Note), and Ephron, Jos 15:9, which was situated eight miles north of Jerusalem, near Bethel, and apparently between that city and Jericho. Accordingly we find that a desert, or wilderness, extended from Jericho to Bethel (Jos 16:1), called the wilderness of Bethaven (Jos 18:12), in which Joshua and the Israelites slew the inhabitants of Ai. (Jos 8:24.)

2Sa 13:23; 2Ch 13:19

passover.

2:13; 5:1; 6:4; Ex 12:11-14

before.

7:8-10; 12:1; Ezr 3:1-6; Ne 8:1-12

to purify.

2:6; Ge 35:2; Ex 19:10,14,15; Nu 9:6; 1Sa 16:5; 2Ch 30:17-20

Job 1:5; Ps 26:6; Ac 24:18; 1Co 11:28; Heb 9:13,14; Jas 4:8

8; 7:11; 11:7

had.

5:16-18; 8:59; 9:22; 10:39; Ps 109:4