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Joh_11:5 is not an elucidation of Joh_11:3 (De Wette), seeing that Joh_11:4 intervenes; nor is it a preparation for Joh_11:6 (B. Crusius: “although He loved them all, He nevertheless remained”); but explains the motive impelling Him to open up to them the consolatory prospect referred to in Joh_11:4 : “Felix familia,” Bengel.
ἠγάπα ] An expression chosen with delicate tenderness (the more sensuous φιλεῖν is not again used as in Joh_11:4), because the sisters are also mentioned. Comp. Xen. Mem. ii. 7. 12; Tittmann, Synon. p. 53; and Wetstein. Martha is named first, as being the mistress of the house, and the eldest (Joh_11:19 f.). Compare the preceding note. Hengstenberg’s remark is arbitrary: “Mary could not bear to be separated from Lazarus, because she had been most deeply affected by his death.”