Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
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Gill's Exposition
Then they took away the stone,.... "From the door of the sepulchre", as the Arabic version adds;
from the place where the dead was laid: this clause is left out in the Alexandrian copy, and in the…
Barnes' Notes
Lifted up his eyes - In an attitude of prayer. See Luk 18:13; Mat 14:19. I thank thee that thou hast heard me - It is possible that John has recorded only the sum or substance of the prayer on this…
Adam Clarke
Where the dead was laid - These words are wanting in BC*DL, three others; Syriac, Persic, Arabic, Sahidic, Ethiopic, Armenian, Vulgate, Saxon, and in all the Itala. Griesbach leaves them out of the…
Here we have, I. Christ's tender sympathy with his afflicted friends, and the share he took to himself in their sorrows, which appeared three ways: -
1. By the inward groans and troubles of his…
Cambridge Bible
from the place where the dead was laid These words, are omitted by an overwhelming number of authorities. They are a needless explanation added by a later hand.
And Jesus lift The verb is identical…
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