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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/john/11.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/john/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />he stayed where he was for the next two days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/john/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/john/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Therefore when He heard that he is sick, then indeed He remained two days in <i>the</i> place in which He was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/john/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/john/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/john/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days <i>longer</i> in the place where He was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/john/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/john/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />When therefore He heard that he was sick, He stayed then two days <i>longer</i> in the place where He was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/john/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days in the place where He was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/john/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So [even] when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed in the same place two more days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/john/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So when he heard that he was sick, he stayed two more days in the place where he was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/john/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/john/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />When therefore he heard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in the place where he was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/john/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But he stayed where he was for two more days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/john/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />When therefore he heard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in the place where he was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/john/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Yet, when Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was for two more days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/john/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Yet when he received the news that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was for two more days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/john/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Yet, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed where he was for two more days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/john/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/john/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/john/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/john/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />When therefore he had heard that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />When, however, He heard that Lazarus was ill, He still remained two days in that same place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/john/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/john/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />when, therefore, He heard that he is ailing, then indeed He remained in the place in which He was two days,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Therefore when He heard that he is sick, then indeed He remained two days in <i>the</i> place in which He was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/john/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> when, therefore, he heard that he is ailing, then indeed he remained in the place in which he was two days,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/john/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />When therefore he heard that he is sick, then indeed he remained in the place in which he was two days.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/john/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he still remained in the same place two days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/john/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Even so, after he heard that he was sick, he then still remained in the same place for two days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/john/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So when he heard that he was ill, he remained for two days in the place where he was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/john/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />after having heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/john/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />When he heard he was sick, he remained two days in the place where he was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/11.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And after he heard that he was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two days.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/john/11.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />When, therefore, he heard that he was sick, he still remained two days in the place where he was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/john/11.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />Therefore when He heard that he was sick, He then remained two days in the place in which He was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/john/11.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Then, though he heard he was ill, yet notwithstanding he abode in the same place where he was two days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/john/11.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />however, he stay'd in the place where he was, even two days after he had heard that Lazarus was sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />When, however, He heard that Lazarus was ill, He still remained two days in that same place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/john/11.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />When, therefore, He heard that he was sick, He then abode two days in the place where He was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/john/11.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />Therefore when He heard that <i>Lazarus</i> was sick, He stayed indeed two days in the place where He was:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/john/11-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=3899" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/john/11.htm">The Death of Lazarus</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.">So</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">on</a> <a href="/greek/191.htm" title="191: ēkousen (V-AIA-3S) -- To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.">hearing</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">that</a> <a href="/greek/770.htm" title="770: asthenei (V-PIA-3S) -- To be weak (physically: then morally), To be sick. From asthenes; to be feeble.">Lazarus was sick,</a> <a href="/greek/5119.htm" title="5119: tote (Adv) -- Then, at that time. From ho and hote; the when, i.e. At the time that."></a> <a href="/greek/3303.htm" title="3303: men (Prtcl) -- A primary particle; properly, indicative of affirmation or concession; usually followed by a contrasted clause with de."></a> <a href="/greek/3306.htm" title="3306: emeinen (V-AIA-3S) -- To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay.">He stayed</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/5117.htm" title="5117: topō (N-DMS) -- Apparently a primary word; a spot, i.e. Location; figuratively, condition, opportunity; specially, a scabbard."></a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hō (RelPro-DMS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">where</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: ēn (V-IIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">He was</a> <a href="/greek/1417.htm" title="1417: dyo (Adj-AFP) -- Two. A primary numeral; two.">for two</a> <a href="/greek/2250.htm" title="2250: hēmeras (N-AFP) -- A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. ">days,</a> </span> <span class="reftext">7</span>and then He said to the disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/2-4.htm">John 2:4</a></span><br />“Woman, what is that to you and to Me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/7-6.htm">John 7:6-8</a></span><br />Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come. / The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil. / Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-43.htm">John 4:43-44</a></span><br />After two days, Jesus left for Galilee. / Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/9-3.htm">John 9:3</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-40.htm">John 10:40-42</a></span><br />Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there. / Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.” / And many in that place believed in Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-23.htm">John 12:23</a></span><br />But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/13-1.htm">John 13:1</a></span><br />It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-13.htm">John 14:13</a></span><br />And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/17-1.htm">John 17:1</a></span><br />When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/18-11.htm">John 18:11</a></span><br />“Put your sword back in its sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/21-22.htm">John 21:22-23</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you? You follow Me!” / Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-1.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:1</a></span><br />To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a></span><br />“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/27-14.htm">Psalm 27:14</a></span><br />Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/31-15.htm">Psalm 31:15</a></span><br />My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he stayed two days still in the same place where he was.</p><p class="hdg">he abode.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/22-14.htm">Genesis 22:14</a></b></br> And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said <i>to</i> this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/42-24.htm">Genesis 42:24</a></b></br> And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/43-29.htm">Genesis 43:29-31</a></b></br> And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, <i>Is</i> this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/10-40.htm">Abode</a> <a href="/john/11-3.htm">Ailing</a> <a href="/john/11-4.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/john/9-18.htm">However</a> <a href="/john/11-3.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/john/10-41.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/john/11-2.htm">Lazarus</a> <a href="/john/4-51.htm">News</a> <a href="/john/11-3.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/john/10-40.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/14-23.htm">Abode</a> <a href="/acts/5-15.htm">Ailing</a> <a href="/john/11-20.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/john/11-13.htm">However</a> <a href="/acts/5-15.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/john/12-42.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/john/11-11.htm">Lazarus</a> <a href="/john/11-20.htm">News</a> <a href="/acts/4-9.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/john/11-7.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">John 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/11-1.htm">Jesus raises Lazarus, four days buried.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">45. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/11-45.htm">Many Jews believe.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">47. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/11-47.htm">The high priests and Pharisees gather a council against Jesus.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">49. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/11-49.htm">Caiaphas prophesies.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">54. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/11-54.htm">Jesus hides himself.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">55. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/11-55.htm">At the Passover they enquire after him, and lay wait for him.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>So on hearing that Lazarus was sick</b><br>This phrase introduces the context of the passage, where Jesus receives news about Lazarus, a close friend and brother to Mary and Martha. The mention of Lazarus being sick sets the stage for the miracle of raising him from the dead, which is a pivotal event in the Gospel of John. The sickness of Lazarus is significant as it provides an opportunity for Jesus to demonstrate His power over life and death, affirming His identity as the Son of God. This moment also foreshadows Jesus' own death and resurrection. The relationship between Jesus and Lazarus is important, as it highlights Jesus' humanity and His deep personal connections, which are evident throughout His ministry.<p><b>He stayed where He was for two days</b><br>This phrase is crucial in understanding Jesus' deliberate actions. By choosing to stay for two more days, Jesus ensures that Lazarus will have been dead for four days by the time He arrives, which is significant in Jewish belief. According to Jewish customs, the soul was thought to linger near the body for three days after death, so a four-day period emphasizes the finality of Lazarus's death and the magnitude of the miracle Jesus is about to perform. This delay also serves to strengthen the faith of the disciples and those who witness the miracle, as it underscores that Jesus' timing is perfect and His actions are purposeful. The two-day wait is a demonstration of Jesus' divine authority and His control over the situation, reinforcing the theme that God's ways and timing are beyond human understanding.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, Jesus is the Son of God who performs miracles and teaches about the Kingdom of God. His decision to delay visiting Lazarus is significant.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/l/lazarus.htm">Lazarus</a></b><br>A close friend of Jesus who is sick and later dies, setting the stage for one of Jesus' most profound miracles—raising Lazarus from the dead.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mary_and_martha.htm">Mary and Martha</a></b><br>Sisters of Lazarus who send word to Jesus about their brother's illness. They are also close friends of Jesus and play a significant role in the account.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/bethany.htm">Bethany</a></b><br>The village where Lazarus, Mary, and Martha live. It is located near Jerusalem and becomes the setting for the miracle of Lazarus's resurrection.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/disciples.htm">Disciples</a></b><br>Followers of Jesus who accompany Him and witness His teachings and miracles. They are present during this event and learn from Jesus' actions and words.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_timing.htm">Divine Timing</a></b><br>Jesus' delay in going to Lazarus teaches us about God's perfect timing. We may not always understand why God waits, but His timing is always purposeful and for His glory.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_plan.htm">Trust in God's Plan</a></b><br>Even when circumstances seem dire, like Lazarus's illness, we are called to trust in God's greater plan and purpose.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>Jesus' actions demonstrate that faith is not just about immediate results but trusting in God's ultimate plan and timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_glory_revealed.htm">God's Glory Revealed</a></b><br>The delay and subsequent miracle reveal God's glory in a powerful way, reminding us that God's plans often exceed our expectations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/patience_in_waiting.htm">Patience in Waiting</a></b><br>This passage encourages believers to cultivate patience and trust during times of waiting, knowing that God is at work even when we cannot see it.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_john_11's_miracle_unique_to_john.htm">Why does this major miracle only appear in John and not in the other Gospels (John 11)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_reform_judaism.htm">What is Bethany's significance in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'tarry'_mean.htm">What does "tarry" mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/psalm_141_1_-_why_no_quick_divine_response.htm">Psalm 141:1 – How can the psalm’s claim of immediate divine response be reconciled with the lack of observable evidence that God intervenes quickly? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">When he had heard therefore.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">When He heard therefore</span> . . .<p><span class= "bld">He abode two days still.</span>--It is usual to explain this delay as caused by His wish to test the faith of the sisters, or by the nature of the work which He was then doing, and was unwilling to leave. But the first reason passes over the fact that their faith had been shown in their message to Him; and the second postulates His presence at Bethany as necessary for the restoration of Lazarus. (Comp. <a href="/context/john/4-49.htm" title="The nobleman said to him, Sir, come down ere my child die.">John 4:49-50</a>.) A juster view is that which remembers the principle which He had taught at the first miracle (<a href="/john/2-4.htm" title="Jesus said to her, Woman, what have I to do with you? my hour is not yet come.">John 2:4</a>), that the hours of His work were marked out by signs that He alone could read, but that every hour had its work, and every work its hour. (Comp. <a href="/john/11-4.htm" title="When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.">John 11:4</a>; <a href="/john/11-9.htm" title="Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbles not, because he sees the light of this world.">John 11:9</a>, and <a href="/context/john/9-3.htm" title="Jesus answered, Neither has this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.">John 9:3-4</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 6, 7.</span> - The <span class="greek">τότε μὲν</span> of ver. 6 implies an understood <span class="greek">δὲ</span> in ver. 7, and the whole passage will be as follows: <span class="cmt_word">Now Jesus loved deeply Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus; when therefore he heard that he (Lazarus) was sick, he remained, it is true</span>, <span class="greek">τότε μὲν</span> <span class="cmt_word">two days in the place where he was, but then</span> <span class="greek">ἔπειτα</span> (<span class="greek">δὲ</span>) <span class="cmt_word">after this</span> (and because he loved) <span class="cmt_word">he saith to his disciples, Let us go again into Judaea</span>. He did not remain because he loved, but, <span class="accented">though</span> he remained, and <span class="accented">because</span> he loved, he said, "Let us," etc. So that we do not see here any intention on his part, by remaining, to test their love (Olshausen), nor to exaggerate the effect of the miracle by raising a dead man from his grave rather than from his death-bed or his bier. It is not difficult to gather from the sequel that when the message reached Jesus Lazarus was dead and buried. We find that when our Lord returned to Bethany four days had elapsed since the death of Lazarus, and the four days must be calculated thus: First one long day's journey from Peraea to Bethany, a distance of eight or nine leagues. If the messenger of the sisters had taken equal time to reach Jesus in Perked, or even a longer period, as time might easily be consumed in the effort to find our Lord in the mountains of Moab; then the two days of his waiting after receiving the message would, with those occupied by the double journey, make up the four that had passed when Jesus reached the grave. Lucke, Neander, Godet, and Westcott think that our Lord remained in Peraea because there was work in which he was engaged and could not relinquish. Meyer, Moulton, and Weiss, that he waited for some especial communication from his Father, for some revelation of moral necessity and heavenly inspiration, like those which dictated all his other movements. B. Weiss: "It was a sacrifice to his calling, of his heart's most ardent desires, that he remained quietly two days in the same place." "We see," says Edersheim, "Christ once more asleep while the disciples are despairing, swamped in the storm! Christ never in haste, because always sure." The silences of Scripture and the waitings of God are often without explanation. The event proves that deep purpose presided over them. The "let us go," etc., implies a lofty courage, a sense of coming crisis. Love conquers fear and peril for himself and his followers. "Judaea" is mentioned rather than Bethany for the same reason. The "again" points forcibly back to the last visit, when he told both friends and foes that the good Shepherd would snatch his sheep from the jaws of death, even though he lay down his own life in the doing of it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/john/11-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">So</span><br /><span class="grk">οὖν</span> <span class="translit">(oun)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3767.htm">Strong's 3767: </a> </span><span class="str2">Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="grk">ὡς</span> <span class="translit">(hōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> </span><span class="str2">Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hearing</span><br /><span class="grk">ἤκουσεν</span> <span class="translit">(ēkousen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_191.htm">Strong's 191: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="grk">ὅτι</span> <span class="translit">(hoti)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> </span><span class="str2">Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[Lazarus] was sick,</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀσθενεῖ</span> <span class="translit">(asthenei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_770.htm">Strong's 770: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be weak (physically: then morally), To be sick. From asthenes; to be feeble.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He stayed</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔμεινεν</span> <span class="translit">(emeinen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3306.htm">Strong's 3306: </a> </span><span class="str2">To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">where</span><br /><span class="grk">ᾧ</span> <span class="translit">(hō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">He was</span><br /><span class="grk">ἦν</span> <span class="translit">(ēn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for two</span><br /><span class="grk">δύο</span> <span class="translit">(dyo)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1417.htm">Strong's 1417: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two. A primary numeral; 'two'.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days,</span><br /><span class="grk">ἡμέρας</span> <span class="translit">(hēmeras)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2250.htm">Strong's 2250: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/11-6.htm">John 11:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/john/11-6.htm">John 11:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/john/11-6.htm">John 11:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/john/11-6.htm">John 11:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/john/11-6.htm">John 11:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/john/11-6.htm">John 11:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/11-6.htm">John 11:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/11-6.htm">John 11:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/john/11-6.htm">John 11:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/john/11-6.htm">John 11:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/john/11-6.htm">NT Gospels: John 11:6 When therefore he heard that he was (Jhn Jo Jn) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/john/11-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 11:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 11:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/john/11-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 11:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 11:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>