Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died (Kurie, ei hv wde ouk an apeqanen o adelfov mou). Condition of the second class with ei and the imperfect hv (no aorist of eimi, to be) in the condition and an with the second aorist active indicative of apoqnhskw. Mary (verse John 11:32) uses these identical words to Jesus. Clearly they had said so to each other with wistful longing if not with a bit of reproach for his delay. But they used hv, not hlqev or egenou. But busy, practical Martha comes to the point.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 11:21:
John 4:49
John 11:32
John 11:37
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