John 11:11

John 11:11

9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? ^aIf anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the ^blight of this world.

10 But ^aif one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

11 These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus ^asleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.”

12 Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.”

13 However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep.

14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.

15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.”

16 Then ^aThomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with Him.”

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Is fallen asleep (kekoimhtai). Perfect passive indicative of koimaw, old verb to put to sleep. Common as a metaphor for death like our cemetery.

I go (poreuomai). Futuristic use of the present tense as in John 14:2.

That I may awake him out of sleep (ina ecupnisw auton). Purpose clause with ina and the first aorist active subjunctive of ecupnizw, a late compound (ec, upnov, sleep) for the older afupnizw, here only in the N.T. See Job 14:12 where also it occurs along with koimaomai.

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