John 11:19 BSB — MannaFest

John 11:19

and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

KJV

And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

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Commentary

2 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on John (1107)

Many of the Jews had come to comfort the sisters, not because Christ loved them (for the Jews had already agreed to put out of the synagogue anyone who acknowledged Him as the Christ (John 9:22)), but either because of the severity of the calamity, …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Many of the Jews - Probably their distant relatives or their friends. To comfort - These visits of consolation were commonly extended to seven clays (Grotius; Lightfoot).

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Πολλοὶ	Polloi	Many	G4183 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
Ἰουδαίων	Ioudaiōn	Jews	G2453 →
ἐληλύθεισαν	elēlutheisan	had come	G2064 →
πρὸς	pros	unto	G4314 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
Μάρθαν	Marthan	Martha	G3136 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Μαριὰμ	Mariam	Mary	G3137 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
παραμυθήσωνται	paramuthēsōntai	they may console	G3888 →
αὐτὰς	autas	them	G846 →
περὶ	peri	concerning	G4012 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
ἀδελφοῦ	adelphou	brother	G80 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 1:4
who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11
  Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 51:12
  “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
- 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17
  Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,
Through
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:29
  Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
- Romans 15:2
  Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
- Hebrews 10:25
  Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
- Hebrews 3:13
  But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:18
  Therefore encourage one another with these words.