John 11:37 BSB — MannaFest

John 11:37

But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But some of them said, Could not this man, who opened the eyes of him that was blind, have caused that this man also should not die?

KJV

And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?

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Commentary

1 voice

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on John (1107)

But the wicked Jews, despite the great misfortune before their eyes, still do not abandon their malice. They say: "Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?" They say this to disparage …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Could not this person have even caused, that this man should not have died? - Yet they never dreamed that he could raise him again! What a strange mixture of faith and unbelief.

The Nineteenth Century4 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Could not this man, which opened the eyes, etc. - Through the maliciousness of their hearts, these Jews considered the tears of Jesus as a proof of his weakness. We may suppose them to have spoken thus: “If he loved him so well, why did he not heal him? And if he could have healed him, why did he not do it, seeing he testifies so much sorrow at his death?

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

Not many passages in the New Testament are more wonderful than the simple narrative contained in these eight verses. It brings out, in a most beautiful light, the sympathizing character of our Lord Jesus Christ. It shows us Him who is "able to save to the uttermost all who come to God by Him," as able to feel as He is to save. It shows us Him who is One with the Father, and the Maker of all things, entering into human sorrows, and shedding human tears.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τινὲς	tines	Some	G5100 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ἐξ	ex	of	G1537 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	them	G846 →
εἶπαν·	eipan	said;	G2036 →
οὐκ	ouk	Surely	G3756 →
ἐδύνατο	edunato	was able	G1410 →
οὗτος	houtos	this [man]	G3778 →
ὁ	ho	who	G3588 →
ἀνοίξας	anoixas	having opened	G455 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
ὀφθαλμοὺς	ophthalmous	eyes	G3788 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
τυφλοῦ	tuphlou	blind	G5185 →
ποιῆσαι	poiēsai	to have caused	G4160 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
οὗτος	houtos	this one	G3778 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἀποθάνῃ;¶	apothanē	may have died?	G599 →

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
Luke 23:35
The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”
leads to
- Psalms 22:17
  I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
- Isaiah 42:1
  “Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
- 1 Peter 2:4
  As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
- Matthew 12:18
  “Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.
- Mark 15:29–32
  And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
Through
John 11:32
When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
leads to
- John 11:21
  Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
- Luke 17:16
  He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan.
- Luke 5:8
  When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”