John 11:37

But some of them said, This man, who made open the eyes of the blind man, was he not able to keep his friend from death?

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In The King James Version

And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?

In Context

36So the Jews said, See how dear he was to him!

38So Jesus, deeply troubled in heart, came to the place of the dead. It was a hole in the rock, and a stone was over the opening.

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Cross References

Psalms 78:19They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land?

Matthew 27:40You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

Luke 23:35And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.

John 9:6Having said these words, he put earth, mixed with water from his mouth, on the man's eyes,

John 11:32When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she went down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.

Matthew Henry on John 11:34-45

Christ at the Grave of Lazarus; The Resurrection of Lazarus. 33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, 34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! 37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? 38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh… Read the whole commentary →

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