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a Lk. x. 38.
b xii. 3.
XI. τ. Ἡν δέ τις ἀσθενῶν " Λάζαρος ἀπὸ Βηθανίας, ἐκ τῆς κώµης Μαρίας καὶ Μάρθας τῆς ἀδελφῆς αὐτῆς.
2. ἦν δὲ Μαρία 1 Ὁ ἡ ἀλεί-
ε Lk. vii. 38. aoa τὸν Κύριον µύρῳ, καὶ ' ἐκμάξασα τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ ταῖς θριδὶν
Ch. xiii.
5. Wisd- αὑτῆς, Ws 6 ἀδελφὸς Λάζαρος ἠσθένει.
3. ἀπέστειλαν οὖν αἱ
ἀδελφαὶ πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγουσαι, “Κύριε, ἴδε ὃν Φιλεῖς ἀσθενεῖ.
div. 25. ΟΡ.4. ᾿Ακούσας δὲ 6 2 Kings ος a nA κκ... θάνατον, GAN ὑπὲρ τῆς δόξης τοῦ Θεοῦ, © 1X. 3 A > 3 A ” Θεοῦ δι αὐτῆς. fi. 40. > XN 2A x gver.15, ἀδελφὴν αὐτῆς καὶ τὸν Λάζαρον. Mk. i
6. , ~ ” ” 3 [ή h With Ίω- λέγει τοῖς μαθηταῖς, “ΞΑγωμεν eis τὴν ἸΙουδαίαν πάλιν.”
perf. here only.
ᾧ ἦν τόπῳ δύο ἡμέρας.
"Ingods εἶπεν, “Atty ἡ ἀσθένεια οὖκ ἔστι * πρὸς
ο ἵνα δοξασθῇ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ
5. ᾿Ἠγάπα δὲ 6 ᾿Ιησοῦς τὴν Μάρθαν καὶ τὴν
6. ὡς οὖν ἤκουσεν ὅτι * ἀσθενεῖ, ” 9 A 7. Έπειτα μετὰ τουτο
δ.
Λέγουσιν αὐτῷ ot μαθηταὶ, ““PaBBi, "νῦν ἐζήτουν σε λιθάσαι ot
1 Recent editors read Maptap instead of Μαρια, but, as Meyer remarks, the genitive presupposes the form Μαρια, and while in some versions Μαριαμ is well supported, in others it is poorly authenticated. Generally T.R. is supported by
SAD, Μαριαμ by BC.
been narrated by John (see xii. 3), but it was this which distinguished her at the time John was writing ; cf. Mt. xxvi. 13.— Ver. 3. The sisters were so intimate with Jesus that they naturally turn to Him in their anxiety, and send Him a notice of the illness, which is only a slightly veiled request that He would come to their relief: ‘* Lord, behold, he whom Thou lovest is ill”. ‘‘ Sufficit ut noveris. Non enim amas et deseris.” Augustine.—Ver. 4. ᾿Ακούσας δὲ 6 ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν. “' Απά Jesus when He heard said,’ 1.6., to His disciples. It was not the reply sent to the sisters. ‘This illness is not to death,” πρὸς θάνατον, death is not the end towards which it is making. But that Jesus knew that death had already taken place (ver. 6 and ver. 17) or was imminent is evident from the following clause, but He knew what He would do (vi. 6) and that death was not to be the final result of this illness. The illness and death were ὑπὲρ τῆς δόξης τοῦ Θεοῦ, for the sake of glorifying God (cf. ix. 3), ‘‘oloriae divinae illustrandae causa,” Winer, p. 479. This is further explained in the clause ‘‘ that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it,” 22, by means of this illness; cf. xiii. 31. ‘‘In two ways; because the miracle (1) would lead many to believe that He was the Messiah; (2) would bring about His death. Δοξάζεσθαι is a frequent expres- sion of this Gospel for Christ’s death re- garded as the mode of His return to glory (vil. 39, xii. 16, xiii. 31), and this glorifica- tion of the Son involves the glory of the
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Father (v. 23, x. 30-38).’’ Plummer, Bengel.—Ver. 5. ᾿Ηγάπα δὲ 6 ᾿Ιησοῦς . . . It is quite true that φιλεῖν denotes the more passionate love, and ἀγαπᾶν the more reasoning; but it is doubtful whether this distinction is observed in this Gospel. Passages proving the dis- tinction are given by Wetstein.—Ver. 6. Jesus loved the family, ὡς οὖν ἤκουσεν
. τότε μὲν ἔμεινε. We expect another consequence: ‘‘ Jesus loved them, therefore He immediately went to Bethany”. But the consequence in- dicated in οὖν is found in λέγει, ver. 7, and the whole sentence should read: ‘“¢ When, therefore, He had heard that he was ill, for the present indeed [τότε μὲν = tum quidem], He remained for two days where He was; then after this He says to His disciples, Let us go into Judaea again”. The µέν after τότε sug- gests a δέ after ἔπειτα and unites the two clauses. For the dropping of δέ after ἔπειτα or its absorption see Winer, 720; and for the pleonastic ἔπειτα μετὰ τοῦτο and for ἄγωμεν in the sense “let us go’? see Kypke, who gives instances of both from post-Macedonian authors. Jesus remained two days inactive, not to test the faith of the sisters, which Holtz- mann justly characterises as ** grausam ” ; but, as Godet, Holtzmann, and Weiss agree, because He awaited the prompt- ing of the Father, cf. ii. 4, vii. 1-10.— Ver. 8. The announcement of His in- tention is received with astonishment : ‘PaBpt . éxet. ‘Rabbi, the men of Judaea were but now seeking to stone