Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
Jesus saith to her, `Thy brother shall rise again.'
“Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her.
Jesus says to her, Thy brother shall rise again.
John — The Gospel of sevens and signs. Seven signs, seven 'I AM' sayings, a prologue and an epilogue — written 'that ye might believe' (20:31).
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
Voices4
His being seen in the flesh causing her to think that whatsoever He should ask as a saint, He would receive from God; not indeed knowing that, being in His Nature God and the Power of the Father, He possesses irresistible might over all things. For if she had known that He was God, she would not have said: If Thou hadst been here; for God is everywhere.
Cyril of Alexandria· Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 7 (Fragments), 444patristic
Jesus saith unto her, thy brother shall rise again. Christ knew what she meant, and accordingly gave her an answer, and yet in such general terms, that she could not tell whether his meaning was, that he should rise now, or at the general resurrection.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
Thy brother shall rise again - Martha had spoken of the power of Jesus. He said nothing of himself in reply. It was not customary for him to speak of himself, unless it was demanded by necessity. It cannot be doubted that by rising again, here, Jesus referred to the act which he was about to perform; but as Martha understood it, referring to the future resurrection, it was full of consolation. The idea that departed friends shall rise to glory is one that fills the mind with joy, and one which we owe only to the religion of Christ.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical
As the soul at death is not lost, but gone before, so the body is not lost, but laid up. Think you hear Christ saying, "Thy parent, thy child, thy yoke-fellow, shall rise again; these dry bones shall live. " [3.] The faith which Martha mixed with this word, and the unbelief mixed with this faith,
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
