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JOHN CHAPTER 11
Joh_11:1-46 The sickness and death of Lazarus: Jesus raiseth him
to life after he had been dead four days: many Jews
believe.
Joh_11:47-54 The Pharisees hold a council against Christ:
Caiaphas prophesieth: Jesus retires from places
of public resort.
Joh_11:55-57 At the approach of the passover the Jews inquire
about him: the rulers give orders to apprehend him.
Ver. 1 Bethany (as appears by Joh_11:18) was nigh unto Jerusalem, not wholly at two miles distance from it: but our Saviour was not at this time in Judea, for, Joh_11:7, he saith to his disciples, Let us go into Judea again. He was at this time in Galilee, or in Peraea; and we shall find, Joh_11:17, that Lazarus had been in his grave four days before our Saviour got thither: so as we must allow at least six or seven days between the time when Christ heard of Lazarus’s sickness, and the time when he came to Bethany. This Bethany is here only described to us as the place where Martha and Mary lived, or at least where they were born. Some think that Bethany was only a part of the Mount Olivet; but others, more probably, think that it was some little town or city, standing within that part of the Mount Olivet; for it is here called a town, and, Luk_10:38,39, the place where these two sisters lived is called a village.