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Joh 11:19. [295] ΠΟΛΛΟΊ) many, on account of being in their neighbourhood.-τὰς περί) An idiomatic phrase. Act 13:13 [ΟἹ ΠΕΡῚ ΠΑῦΛΟΝ, Paul and his company], Act 28:7[296]-ἵνα παραμυθήσωνται, that they might be comforted) some days after the burial. In the present day we say, to condole with.
[295] Joh 11:17. τέσσαρας ἡμέρας, four days) Therefore Lazarus was buried on the very day of his death. Comp. ver. 39, “Lord, by this time he stinketh; for he hath been dead four days.”. V. g.
[296] ἐν τοῖς περὶ τὸν τόπον, in the same quarters. So here translate, Martha, Mary and her friends. A and Rec. Text read τὰς περὶ M. But BCLXabc Vulg. read πρὸς τὴν M. D reads πρὸς M., omitting τήν.-E. and T.