John 11:21

John 11:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
• New International Version (NIV)“Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.

Context of John 11:21

19Many Jews had come there to visit Martha and Mary. They wanted to help Martha and Mary because their brother had died. 20Martha heard the news that Jesus was coming. So she went out to meet him. But Mary stayed in the house with the visitors. Martha said to Jesus, ‘Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22But even now, I know that God will answer you. He will do whatever you ask him.’ 23Jesus told her, ‘Your brother will rise and become alive again.’

John 11:21 word by word

εἶπεν οὖν ἡ Μάρθα πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν· κύριε, εἰ ἦς ὧδε, οὐκ ἂν ἀπέθανεν ὁ ἀδελφός μου.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Marthaὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• MarthaΜάρθαMartha · MarthaG3136
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• ifεἰei · ifG1487
• thou hadst beenεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• hereὧδεhōde · hereG5602
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• brotherἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• hadθνῄσκωthnēskō · to die/be deadG2348
• notοὐou · noG3756
• ·ἄνan · ifG302

Cross-references for John 11:21

• John 11:32Mary arrived at the place where Jesus was. When she saw Jesus, she bent down low at his feet. She said, ‘Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.’
• John 4:47The officer had heard the news that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea. So he went to Jesus and asked him to go to Capernaum. His son was dying. So he asked Jesus strongly to make his son well again.
• 1 Kings 17:18The woman said to Elijah, ‘Servant of God, why have you come to hurt me like this? Did you come to kill my son so that I would remember all my sins?’
• Psalms 78:19They spoke against God, and they said, ‘Can God give us food to eat here in the wilderness?
• Matthew 9:18While Jesus was saying these things to the people, a leader at the Jewish meeting place came to him. The man went down on his knees in front of Jesus and said to him, ‘My daughter has just died. Come to my house. Put your hand on her and then she will live again.’
• Luke 7:6So Jesus went with them. When he was not very far away from the house, the officer sent some friends to talk to him. He told them to say to Jesus, ‘Sir, I do not want to be a trouble to you. I am not good enough for you to come into my house.
• Luke 8:49While Jesus was still speaking, someone arrived from Jairus' house. ‘Your daughter is dead,’ he told Jairus. ‘Do not ask the teacher to come now.’

Commentaries on John 11:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21If thou hadst been here, my brother had not died - Mary said the same words to him a little after, John 11:32, which proves that these sisters had not a complete knowledge of the omnipotence of Christ: they thought he could cure at hand, but not at a distance; or they thought that it was because he did not know of their brother's indisposition that he permitted him to die. In either of these cases it plainly appears they had not a proper notion of his…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-32Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21Lord, if You had been here: Mary later repeated Martha’s words (11:32), because both sisters knew that Jesus had a reputation as a healer. They concluded that Jesus would have healed Lazarus, but they did not imagine that Jesus would restore him from death.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-2220-22. Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him--true to the energy and activity of her character, as seen in Lu 10:38-42. (See on Lu 10:38-42). but Mary sat ... in the house--equally true to her placid character. These undesigned touches not only charmingly illustrate the minute historic fidelity of both narratives, but their inner harmony.Read the comment

Topics related to John 11:21

• Faith
• Friendship
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Readings, Select
• Sorrow

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Martha
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Awake
• Lazarus
• Mourn
• Bethany
• Dead
• Die
• Jesus Christ

Commentaries on John 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings