John 11:5 BSB — MannaFest

John 11:5

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

BSB

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ASV

Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

KJV

Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

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Commentary

4 voices

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on John (1274)

1479 Here, according to Augustine, the Evangelist gives the reason why Lazarus' two sisters did not come to Christ, and it was due to their confidence in him because of the special love he had for them; so the Evangelist remarks, now Jesus loved Martha …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus - Therefore his staying two days longer in Bethabara was not through lack of affection for this distressed family, but merely that he might have a more favorable opportunity of proving to them how much he loved them. Christ never denies a less favor, but in order to confer a greater.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

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

The chapter we have now begun is one of the most remarkable in the New Testament. For grandeur and simplicity, for pathos and solemnity, nothing was ever written like it. It describes a miracle which is not recorded in the other Gospels—the raising of Lazarus from the dead. Nowhere shall we find such convincing proofs of our Lord's Divine power. As God, He makes the grave itself yield up its tenants. Nowhere shall we find such striking illustrations of our Lord's ability to sympathize with His people. As man, He can be touched with the feelings of our infirmities.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

No wonder that those miserable skeptics who have carped at the ethical system of the Gospel, as not embracing private friendships in the list of its virtues, have been referred to the Saviour's peculiar regard for this family as a triumphant refutation, if such were needed.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἠγάπα	Ēgapa	was loving	G25 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
Μάρθαν	Marthan	Martha	G3136 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ἀδελφὴν	adelphēn	sister	G79 →
αὐτῆς	autēs	of her	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Λάζαρον.	Lazaron	Lazarus.	G2976 →

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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
John 17:26
And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”
leads to
- John 17:23
  I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 17:6
  I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
- John 15:9
  As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.
- 1 John 4:13–14
  By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.
- Hebrews 2:12
  He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.”
Through
John 16:27
For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.
leads to
- John 14:23
  Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
- John 14:21
  Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
Through
John 11:8
“Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”
leads to
- John 8:59
  At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.