9/2/2023 0 Comments Death of lazarusThe most probable is, that at the time they wrote Lazarus was still living. Various reasons have been conjectured why the other evangelists did not mention so signal a miracle. See note on Luke 7:37 Luke 8:2.īarnes' Notes on the BibleA certain man was sick - The resurrection of Lazarus has been recorded only by John. Nor is there any ground from Scripture to conclude, that Mary Magdalene was the person who anointed Christ in Luke, which appears rather to be there described as the action of a woman of Nain, where Christ restored the widow’s son to life. But it seems much more probable that John himself should mention the fact that he has here referred to, which, if he has done at all, it must be that which he relates John 12:3, &c., where there can be no doubt that the person who performed this instance of respect to Christ was Mary the sister of Lazarus, who was of Bethany, and therefore must be different from Mary Magdalene, who was of Magdala, a town of Galilee, at a considerable distance. and have argued from thence, that Mary Magdalene, whom they think to be the person there described, as a woman that was a sinner, was the same with this Mary, the sister of Lazarus. Some commentators have supposed that this refers to the story related by Luke 7:37, &c. It was that Mary who afterward anointed the Lord with ointment - See John 12:3 and Matthew 26:7. Ecclesiastical history informs us, that Lazarus was now thirty years old, and that he lived thirty years after Christ’s ascension. The town of Mary, and Martha, Lazarus’s sisters - It is probable Lazarus was younger than his sisters, Bethany being named their town, and Lazarus being mentioned after them, John 11:5. Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus - While Jesus was on the other side of Jordan, whither he had retired when he left Jerusalem, a particular friend of his, called Lazarus, fell sick of a very dangerous disorder, at the village of Bethany, near Jerusalem. The village was known, then, in the circles of the first disciples, as the village of Mary and Martha, by way of distinction from the “Bethany beyond Jordan” and the distinction is marked here on account of the paragraph at the end of the preceding chapter. Lazarus was probably younger than his sisters ( John 12:2). The younger sister is here mentioned first as the better known from the events related in John 11:2. For the relative position of Mary and Martha, comp. Luke 10:38.) This is the general meaning of the Greek word, which is distinguished from that for “city” or “town,” as in Matthew 9:35 Matthew 10:11 but John uses it in John 7:42 for Bethlehem. The town of Mary and her sister Martha.-Better, the village. It is a poor village on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives, about two miles from Jerusalem ( John 11:18). The modern name, El-Azirieh, or El-Lazirieh, connects it with the events of this chapter, being formed from El-Azir, the Arabic form of the name Lazarus. “Bethany,” too, is familiar to us from the earlier Gospels ( Matthew 21:17 Matthew 26:6 Mark 11:12 Mark 14:3 Luke 19:29 Luke 24:50). The induction rests upon an enumeration of instances which makes it at least probable in a high degree. See also the suggestion that this Lazarus may have been identical with the young man that had great possessions, in Notes on Matthew 19:16 et seq. It is in every way probable that the form in which the truths of the world beyond the grave there took shape was suggested by the incidents which are here recorded. 36, that the parable was closely connected with the miracle in order of time. It will be seen from the Chronological Harmony of the Gospels, p. Note on Luke 16:20, where it occurs as the solitary instance of a name in our Lord’s parables. Named Lazarus, of Bethany.-For the name “Lazarus,” comp. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(1) Now a certain man was sick.-This is connected with the preceding narrative to introduce the reason for our Lord’s leaving His retirement to go again into the neighbourhood of Jerusalem.
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