John 11:37

But some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, have done something to keep this man from dying?” 1 Lazarus Raised from the Dead

English Majority Text (NT)

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

36Therefore the Jews were saying, “Look how He loved him!”

38Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying upon it.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:40and saying, “You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

Luke 23:35And the people stood, watching. And the rulers with them also were sneering, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the elect of God.”

John 9:6Having said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay from the saliva; and He applied the clay on the eyes of the blind man.

John 11:32Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, seeing Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”

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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