John 11:21
Martha, therefore, said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother had not died;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
In Context
20Martha, therefore, when she heard that Jesus comes, met Him, and Mary kept sitting in the house.
22but even now, I have known that whatever You may ask of God, God will give to You”;
Cross References
Psalms 78:19And they speak against God—they said: “Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?”
Matthew 9:18While He is speaking these things to them, behold, a ruler having come, was prostrating to Him, saying that “My daughter just now died, but having come, lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”
Luke 7:13And the LORD having seen her, was moved with compassion toward her and said to her, “Do not be weeping”;
John 4:47he, having heard that Jesus comes out of Judea to Galilee, went away to Him, and was asking Him that He may come down and may heal his son, for he was about to die.
John 11:37And certain of them said, “Was not this One, who opened the eyes of the blind man, also able to cause that this one might not have died?”
Matthew Henry on John 11:18-33
Christ at Bethany. 17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. 18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: 19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. 20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. 21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of… Read the whole commentary →