John 11:21
19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.
20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him; but Mary stayed at home.
Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 But even now I know that God will give You whatever You ask of Him.”
23 “Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
- KJV
- Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
- WEB
- Therefore Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.
- ASV
- Martha therefore said unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
- DARBY
- Martha therefore said to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;
- BLB
- Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
- ÅB
- Marta sa da til Jesus: Herre! hadde du vært her, da var min bror ikke død;
- OTB
- "Herre," sa Marta til Jesus, "hadde Du vært her, vet jeg at min bror ikke ville ha dødd.
- B1930
- Marta sa da til Jesus: Herre! hadde du vært her, da var min bror ikke død;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.”
Read in contextMatthew 9:18
While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”
Read in context1 Kings 17:18
“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
Read in contextPsalms 78:19
They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
Read in contextJohn 11:37
But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
Read in contextJohn 4:47–49
When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.
Read in contextLuke 8:49–55
While He was still speaking, someone arrived from the house of the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he told Jairus. “Do not bother the Teacher anymore.”
Read in contextLuke 7:6–10
So Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the message: “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.
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