John Bengel Commentary - John 11:39 - 11:39

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John Bengel Commentary - John 11:39 - 11:39


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Joh 11:39. Ἡ ἀδελφὴ τοῦ τεθνηκότος, sister of him that was dead) Herein is specified a cause of the greater feeling of instinctive shuddering, arising from nature and the tie of relationship.-ὄζει, he stinketh) The loathing of putrefaction [is instinctive with all], even with the nearest relatives. There is a contest between reason as well as natural affection on the one hand, and faith on the other.-τεταρταῖος, of four days’ continuance) Lazarus seems to have been committed to the tomb the same day on which he died, Joh 11:17, “When Jesus came, He found that he had lain in the grave four days already.” A similar phrase, τριταῖος, [thine asses that were lost] three days, 1Sa 9:20 [ἀπολωλυιῶν-τριταίων, in LXX.], 1Sa 30:13.