Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
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Gill's Exposition
When said Martha unto Jesus,.... When she was come to him,
Lord, if thou hadst been here my brother had not died: which expresses much faith, but with a mixture of weakness, as if the presence of…
Adam Clarke
If thou hadst been here, my brother had not died - Mary said the same words to him a little after, Joh 11:32, which proves that these sisters had not a complete knowledge of the omnipotence of Christ:…
The matter being determined, that Christ will go to Judea, and his disciples with him, they address themselves to their journey; in this journey some circumstances happened which the other evangelists…
Cambridge Bible
if thou hadst been here Not a reproach, however gentle (she does not say -hadst Thou come"), but an expression of deep regret. This thought had naturally been often in the sisters" minds during the…
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