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Joh 11:37. Τινές, some) who were more estranged [averse] from faith.-οὐκ ἠδύνατο, could not?) Jesus had shed tears. Thence they were inferring, that Jesus had the desire to have preserved the life of Lazarus, if He had had the power. He could, say they, and He ought. So ἠδύνατο, This might have been [sold, and ought to have been sold for much, and given to the poor], Mat 26:9. They draw their conclusion from the greater exercise of power to the less. But then to raise the dead is, in its turn, a greater exercise of power, than to cure the sick or restore sight to the blind. The conclusion, which they ought to have drawn, was this: He hath given sight to the blind; therefore He can give life to the dead. But unbelief precipitates [hurries away with] all its conclusions in an opposite direction.-καὶ οὗτος, even this man) this Lazarus, one in the prime of youth, and beloved by Him.