John 11:37

And some of them said: Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man, have caused that this also should not have died?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

36And the Jews said: See, how much he loved him.

38And Jesus, still agitated within, came to the grave. Now the grave was a cave, and a stone was laid upon its entrance.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:40and said: Destroyer of the temple, and builder of it in three days, deliver thyself; if thou art the Son of God, and come down from the cross.

Luke 23:35And the people stood and looked on; and the rulers also derided him, and said: He quickened others; let him quicken himself, if he is the Messiah, the chosen of God.

John 9:6And having spoken thus, he spit on the ground, and made mud with the spittle, and spread it on the eyes of the blind man;

John 11:32And Mary, when she came where Jesus was and saw him, fell at his feet, and said to him: If thou hadst been here, my Lord, my brother had not 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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