John 11:14

Then said Jesus unto them plainly,.... Without a figure, when he perceived they did not understand him, and yet it was a very easy and usual metaphor which he had made use of; but such was the present…

We have in these verses,

I. A particular account of the parties principally concerned in this story, Joh 11:1, Joh 11:2. 1. They lived at Bethany, a village nor far from Jerusalem, where Christ…

Then said Jesus -Then" here, as in Rom 6:21, is made to cover two Greek words, -then" of time, and -then" of consequence: translate, Then therefore said Jesus.

plainly Without metaphor: see on Joh 7:4…