Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died (Κυριε, ε ης ωδε ουκ αν απεθανεν ο αδελφος μου). Condition of the second cl…

Lord, if you had been here, my brother had not died.—We have exactly the same words spoken by Mary in John 11:32. They are the utterance o…

Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

There seems to have been just a tinge of repro…

Alcuin of York: Our Lord delayed His coming for four days so that the resurrection of Lazarus would be more glorious: The…

The words Martha addressed to Jesus express both a repressed reproach and a persistent faith. She was disappointed that Jesus had not responded to …

Lord, if you had been here. She begins with a complaint, though in doing so she modestly expresses her wish. Her meaning may be expressed …

When said Martha unto Jesus
When she was come to him,

Here was a house where the fear of God was, and on which his blessing rested; yet it was made a house of mourning. Grace will keep sorrow from the …

1. The Evangelist, after telling us that Lazarus was to be raised, now describes the events surrounding it. He does so in three parts: