Sickness and death JOHN XI. & 11. 45. p ch. 3. 30. 41 And many re-q ch. 8. 30. sorted unto him, and said, John did no a Lu. 10.38, miracle p but all 39. things that John b ch. 12. 3. spake of this man were true. 42 q And many believed on him there. CHAP. XI. 1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of a Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (b It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) Ma. 26. 7. Mar. 14. 3. c ver. 40. d e ch. 9. 3.24. & 13. 31. ch. 10. 40. Is. 30. 18. & 55. 8. Ma.15. 22. of Lazarus. abode two days still in the same place where he was. 7 Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judæa again. 8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the e Jews of late Sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again? 9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? fif any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth ch. 10. 31. the light of this 39. Ps. 11. 1. 3. Ma. 16.21. 23. Ac. 21. 12. f ch. 9. 4. 33. 3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest g ch. 12. 35. is sick. 4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. 6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, a he Pr. 3. 23. h De.31.16. Da. 12. 2. 1 Co. 15. 18.51. world. 10 But gif a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him. 11 These things said he and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarush sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. 12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. Mar. 5. 39. 13 Howbeit Jesus 1Th. 4. 14. & 5. 10. 15 And I am glad about two for your sakes that I miles. was not there, to the i ch. 9. 31. intent ye may be-k ch. 5. 29. lieve; nevertheless Lu. 14.14. let us go unto him. 1 ch. 5. 21. 16 Then said Thomas, which is called & 6. 39, 40. 44. & 6. 35. of Lazarus. 23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. 24 Martha saith unto him, k I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection the last day. at 25 Jesus said unto her, 1 am I the resurand the n he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: life m: Didymus, unto his m ch. 1.4. rection, 17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in 1Jno. 1. 1, 2. & 5. 11. a ch. 3. 36. 1Jno. 5.10. the grave four days o ch. 4. 42. already. 18 Now & 6. 14.69. Bethany p ver. 19. was nigh unto Jeru- "The Evangelist mentions the 19 And many of the Jews came to vicinity of Martha and Mary, to Bethany to comfort them con- Jerusalem, cerning their brother. and speaks 20 Then Martha, as pany of of the comsoon as she heard friends that that Jesus was com-were with ing, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. 21 Then said Mar- Providence tha unto Jesus, Lord, this great if thou hadst been miracle had here, my brother had not died. 22 But I know, that even now, i whatsoever thou wilt ask of 26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? 27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. 28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee. 29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him. 30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him. 31 P The Jews then which were with her Lazarus raised JOHN XI. in the house, and A. D. 33. comforted her, when they saw Mary, that a ver. 21.37. she rose up hastily + Gr. he and went out, follow-troubled ed her, saying, She himself. goeth unto the graver Lu. 19. 41. to weep there. 32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, a Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. s ch. 9. 6. t 33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, u he groaued in the spirit, and was troubled, 34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. Ma. 27. 40. 42. Mar.15.32. from the dead. cave, and a stone lay upon it. 39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. 40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto Lu. 23. 35. thee, that, if thou Wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?* 41 Then they took 39. ver. 4. 23. ch. 9. 3. & 90. 16. Ps. 63. 2. away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard ver. 31. ch. 12. 29, 30. x ch. 20. 7. me. ver. 40 #Jesus ap 42 And I knew that thou hearest me al pears to have ways: but u because repeated to of the people which 35 Jesus wept. Martha, stand by I said it, 36 Then said the Jews, Behold how said at the he loved him! what he had beginning 37 And some of ples.-Comthem said, Could not pare ver. 4. this man, which with 23. The opened the eyes of glory of the blind, have caus- was to " God" that they may believe that thou hast sent me. 43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. be displayed, ed that even this man in a miracle, should not have died? which would dead 44 And he that was came forth, grave-clothes: 38 Jesus therefore evince the bound hand and foot again groaning in Divine pow-with himself cometh to loved Son. er of his bethe grave. It was a and his face was bound about with a JOHN XI. A.D. 33. The prophecy napkin. Jesus saith) unto them, Loose him, and let him go. y ch. 2. 23. 45 Then many of the Jews which came. to Mary, y and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. 46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. 47 Then gathered & 10. 42. & 12. 11. 18. z Ps. 2. 2. Ma. 26. 3. Mar. 14. 1. a ch. 12. 19. Ac. 4. 16. b ch. 18. 14. La. 3. 2. Ac. 4. 6. of Caiaphas sied that Jesus should die for that nation; 52 And d not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. 53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death. 54 Jesus ftherefore walked no more the Chief Priests and c ch. 18. 14. openly among the 1 Jno. 2. 2. e ch. 10. 16. Ep. 2, 14, 15, 16, 17. fch. 4. 1. 3. & 7. 1. the Pharisees a coun-d Is. 49. 6. 49 And one of them, named g 2 Ch. 13. 19. h ch. 2. 13. & 5. 1. & 6. 4. Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called 8 Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples. 55 h And the Jews' Passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to pu being the High Priest i ch. 11. 8. rify themselves. that same year*, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, ver. 49"In that 50 Nor consider year, in that it is expedient which Christ for us, that one man was to suffer should die for the for the sins people, and that the of the whole nation perish high-priest not. world....The Aaron." hood still 51 And this spake continued in he not of himself: the line of but being High Priest Whitby. that year, he prophe 56 Then sought, they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast? 57 Now both the Chief Priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, Mary anointeth that they might take him. CHAP. XII. 1 THEN Jesus six days before the Passover came to Beth JOHN XII. A. D. 33. a ch. 11. I. 43. Mar. 14. 3. c ch. 11. 2. Lu. 10. 38. ch. 13. 29. e Ma. 26. 11. Mar. 14. 7. f ch. 11. 43. g Lu. 16. 31. h ver. 18. ch. 11. 45. i Ma. 21. 8. Mar. 11.8. Lu. 19. 35. any, a where Lazarus d was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2b There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. k Ps. 118.25. 3 Then took Mary 1 Ma. 21. 7. a pound of ointment of spikenard, very ver. 2costly, and anointed Some comthe feet of Jesus, and mentators wiped his feet with her hair and the the same cirhouse was filled with cumstance have thought that this is Jesus' feet. 7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this. 8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always. Lazarus 9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see also, f whom he had raised from the dead. 10g But the Chief Priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; 11 h Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and be the odour of the oint-as noticed in lieved on Jesus. Ma. 26. 6. & 12 On the next but Origen, have stated Lightfoot, Whitby, and Macknight various objections to this opinion; the latter observing, that our Lord was three times. 6 This he said, not anointed, viz. that he cared for the in the houses poor; but because he of Simon the was a thief, and dhad Pharisee, & the bag, and bare Lazarus, and what was put there- leper. in. Simon the were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, k Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. 14 1 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written |