John 11:19

John 11:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
• New International Version (NIV)and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
• New Living Translation (NLT)and many of the people had come to console Martha and Mary in their loss.

Context of John 11:19

17Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. 20So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. 21Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

John 11:19 word by word

Πολλοὶ δὲ ἐκ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐληλύθεισαν πρὸς τὴν Μάρθαν καὶ Μαριὰμ ἵνα παραμυθήσωνται αὐτὰς περὶ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• the JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• toπερίperi · aboutG4012
• MarthaΜάρθαMartha · MarthaG3136
• MaryΜαρίαMaria Mariam · MaryG3137
• toἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• comfortπαραμυθέομαιparamutheomai · to encourageG3888
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• brotherὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• brotherἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• ·πρόςpros · to/withG4314

Cross-references for John 11:19

• Genesis 37:35All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, "No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning." Thus his father wept for him.
• 2 Samuel 10:2And David said, "I will deal loyally with Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father dealt loyally with me." So David sent by his servants to console him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the Ammonites.
• 1 Chronicles 7:21Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to raid their livestock.
• Job 2:11Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him.
• Job 42:11Then came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him. And each of them gave him a piece of money and a ring of gold.
• Ecclesiastes 7:2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart.
• Isaiah 51:19These two things have happened to you— who will console you?— devastation and destruction, famine and sword; who will comfort you?
• Jeremiah 16:5"For thus says the Lord: Do not enter the house of mourning, or go to lament or grieve for them, for I have taken away my peace from this people, my steadfast love and mercy, declares the Lord.
• Lamentations 1:2She weeps bitterly in the night, with tears on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has none to comfort her; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they have become her enemies.
• Lamentations 2:13What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is vast as the sea; who can heal you?
• Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
• 2 Corinthians 1:4who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:18Therefore encourage one another with these words.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:11Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

Commentaries on John 11:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Many of the Jews came - Bethany being so nigh to Jerusalem, many of the relatives and friends of the family came, according to the Jewish custom, to mourn with the afflicted sisters. Mourning, among the Jews, lasted about thirty days: the three first days were termed days of weeping: then followed seven of lamentation. During the three days, the mourner did no servile work; and, if any one saluted him, he did not return the salutation. During the seven…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Many of the Jews - Probably their distant relatives or their friends. To comfort - These visits of consolation were commonly extended to seven clays (Grotius; Lightfoot).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. 19Life in New Testament times was lived publicly. Lazarus’s large extended family, as well as the villagers, had arrived for a seven-day mourning period. To console the sisters in their loss, there was great wailing and crying (see 11:33 and corresponding study note).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-1917-19. when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days--If he died on the day the tidings came of his illness--and was, according to the Jewish custom, buried the same day (see Jahn's Archæology, and Joh 11:39; Ac 5:5, 6, 10)--and if Jesus, after two days' further stay in Perea, set out on the day following for Bethany, some ten hours' journey, that would make out the four days; the first and last being incomplete [Meyer].Read the comment

Topics related to John 11:19

• Friendship
• Jesus, the Christ
• Kindness
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• Readings, Select
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In the dictionaries

• Martha
• Awake
• Lazarus
• Mourn
• Bethany
• Dead
• Jesus Christ
• John, Gospel of
• Olives, Mount of
• Thomas

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