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Joh_11:32. Ἔπεσεν , etc.] Not so Martha, Joh_11:21. Mary’s feelings were of an intenser and stronger kind.
αὐτοῦ πρὸς τ . πόδας ] at His feet ( πρός , Mar_5:22; Mar_7:25). So afterwards, μου ὁ ἀδελφός . my brother had not died, as in Joh_13:6, and very often in the New Testament and in Greek writers; see Kühner, § 627 A 4; Stallbaum, ad Plat. Rep. p. 518 C.
εἰ ἦς ὧδε , etc.] like Martha in Joh_11:21, but without adding anything beyond her tears. This thought had unquestionably been the oft-repeated refrain of their mutual communications on the subject of their sorrow.
No further conversation takes place, because the Ἰουδαῖοι by coming with her disturbed them, Joh_11:31; Joh_11:33; according to Luthardt, because Jesus wished a deed to take the place of words; but of this there is no hint in the text.