John 11:37 - Forerunner Commentary

John 11:37

35 ^aJesus wept.

36 Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”

37 And some of them said, “Could not this Man, ^awho opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?”

Lazarus Raised from the Dead

38 Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a ^astone lay against it.

39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”

40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would ^asee the glory of God?”

41 Then they took away the stone¹ from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

42 And I know that You always hear Me, but ^abecause of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.”

43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!”

44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with ^agraveclothes, and ^bhis face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”

The Plot to Kill Jesus

45 Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, ^aand had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him.

46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees and ^atold them the things Jesus did.

47 ^aThen the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, ^b“What shall we do? For this Man works many signs.

48 If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.”

49 And one of them, ^aCaiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,

50 ^anor do you consider that it is expedient for¹ us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.”

51 Now this he did not say on his own authority; but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

52 and ^anot for that nation only, but ^balso that He would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.

Verse Comparison: John 11:37

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American Standard Version
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?

Amplified® Bible
But some of them said, Could not He Who opened a blind man's eyes have prevented this man from dying?

Contemporary English Version
Some of them said, "He gives sight to the blind. Why couldn't he have kept Lazarus from dying?"

Darby English Version
And some of them said, Could not this [man], who has opened the eyes of the blind [man], have caused that this [man] also should not have died?

Good News Bible
But some of them said, "He gave sight to the blind man, didn't he? Could he not have kept Lazarus from dying?"

International Standard Version
But some of them said, "Surely the one who opened the eyes of the blind man could have kept this man from dying, couldn't he?"

King James Version
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?

New American Standard Bible
But some of them said, "Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have kept this man also from dying?"

New International Version
But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?"

New King James Version
And some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But some of them said, "Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have kept this man also from dying?"

Young's Literal Translation
and certain of them said, `Was not this one, who did open the eyes of the blind man, able to cause that also this one might not have died?'

New English Translation
But some of them said, “This is the man who caused the blind man to see!¹ Couldn’t he have done something to keep Lazarus² from dying?”

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