John 11:19 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

ASV:

and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

BBE:

And a number of Jews had come to Martha and Mary to give them comfort about their brother.

DBY:

and many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, that they might console them concerning their brother.

ERV:

and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

WEY:

and a considerable number of the Jews were with Martha and Mary, having come to express sympathy with them on the death of their brother.

WBS:

And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

WEB:

Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

YLT:

and many of the Jews had come unto Martha and Mary, that they might comfort them concerning their brother;

John 11:19 Cross References

XREF:

1 Samuel 31:13 They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

1 Chronicles 10:12 all the valiant men arose and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh, and they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

Job 2:11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him.

John 1:19 This is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

John 11:1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

John 11:8 The disciples said to Him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone You, and are You going there again?"

John 11:31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and consoling her, when they saw that Mary got up quickly and went out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

11:19 {4} And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
(4) God, who is the maker of nature, does not condemn natural emotions, but shows that they ought to be guided by the rule of faith.

PNT:

11:19 Many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary. Jews from Jerusalem, of which Bethany was a suburb. As Jews in John's usage means the ruling classes, the fact that they came shows that the family of Lazarus was influential. These came to comfort; that is, to sit with and talk to the mourners. The mourning was kept up thirty days.

MHC:

11:17-32 Here was a house where the fear of God was, and on which his blessing rested; yet it was made a house of mourning. Grace will keep sorrow from the heart, but not from the house. When God, by his grace and providence, is coming towards us in ways of mercy and comfort, we should, like Martha, go forth by faith, hope, and prayer, to meet him. When Martha went to meet Jesus, Mary sat still in the house; this temper formerly had been an advantage to her, when it put her at Christ's feet to hear his word; but in the day of affliction, the same temper disposed her to melancholy. It is our wisdom to watch against the temptations, and to make use of the advantages of our natural tempers. When we know not what in particular to ask or expect, let us refer ourselves to God; let him do as seemeth him good. To enlarge Martha's expectations, our Lord declared himself to be the Resurrection and the Life. In every sense he is the Resurrection; the source, the substance, the first-fruits, the cause of it. The redeemed soul lives after death in happiness; and after the resurrection, both body and soul are kept from all evil for ever. When we have read or heard the word of Christ, about the great things of the other world, we should put it to ourselves, Do we believe this truth? The crosses and comforts of this present time would not make such a deep impression upon us as they do, if we believed the things of eternity as we ought. When Christ our Master comes, he calls for us. He comes in his word and ordinances, and calls us to them, calls us by them, calls us to himself. Those who, in a day of peace, set themselves at Christ's feet to be taught by him, may with comfort, in a day of trouble, cast themselves at his feet, to find favour with him.

CONC:

Brother Comfort Considerable Console Death Express Jews Joined Loss Martha Mary Sympathy Women

Comfort Considerable Console Death Express Jews Joined Loss Martha Mary Sympathy Women

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