English Standard Version
John 11:44
44The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."
John 11:44 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
- New International Version (NIV)The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)And the dead man came out, his hands and feet bound in graveclothes, his face wrapped in a headcloth. Jesus told them, “Unwrap him and let him go!”
Context of John 11:44
42I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me." 43When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out." The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go." 45Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him, 46but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
Read all of John 11John 11:44 word by word
ἐξῆλθεν ὁ τεθνηκὼς δεδεμένος τοὺς πόδας καὶ τὰς χεῖρας κειρίαις, καὶ ἡ ὄψις αὐτοῦ σουδαρίῳ περιεδέδετο. λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· λύσατε αὐτὸν καὶ ἄφετε αὐτὸν ὑπάγειν.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- he that was deadθνῄσκωthnēskō · to die/be deadG2348
- came forthἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
- boundδέωdeō · to bindG1210
- handὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- handχείρcheir · handG5495
- footπούςpous · footG4228
- graveclothesκειρίαkeiria · graveclothesG2750
- hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- faceὄψιςopsis · faceG3799
- was bound about withπεριδέωperideō · to wrap aroundG4019
- a napkinσουδάριονsoudarion · handkerchiefG4676
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- Looseλύωluō · to looseG3089
- let himἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: permitG863
- goὑπάγωhupagō · to goG5217
Cross-references for John 11:44
- John 11:25Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,
- John 5:21For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.
- John 10:30I and the Father are one."
- Genesis 1:3And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
- 1 Samuel 2:6The Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
- Psalms 33:9For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
- Ezekiel 37:3And he said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord God, you know."
- Hosea 13:14I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol; I shall redeem them from Death. O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
- Acts 20:9And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.
- Philippians 3:21who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
- Revelation 1:18and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
- John 20:5And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.
- John 11:39Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days."
- Mark 5:43And he strictly charged them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.
- Luke 7:15And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.
Commentaries on John 11:44
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 44Bound hand and foot with grave-clothes - Swathed about with rollers - , from , I cut. These were long slips of linen a few inches in breadth, with which the body and limbs of the dead were swathed, and especially those who were embalmed, that the aromatics might be kept in contact with the flesh. But as it is evident that Lazarus had not been embalmed, it is probable that his limbs were not swathed together, as is the constant case with those who are…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 44He that was dead - The same man, body and soul. Bound hand and foot - It is not certain whether the whole body and limbs were bound together, or each limb separately. When they embalmed a person, the whole body and limbs were swathed or bound together by strips of linen, involved around it to keep together the aromatics with which the body was embalmed. This is the condition of Egyptian mummies. See Acts 5:6. But it is not certain that this was always the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 33-46Verses 33-46 Christ's tender sympathy with these afflicted friends, appeared by the troubles of his spirit. In all the afflictions of believers he is afflicted. His concern for them was shown by his kind inquiry after the remains of his deceased friend. Being found in fashion as a man, he acts in the way and manner of the sons of men. It was shown by his tears. He was a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. Tears of compassion resemble those of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-57The resurrection of Lazarus points to the future death and resurrection of Jesus. The description of Lazarus’s tomb is similar to the description of the tomb Jesus was placed in after he died (11:38, 44; 20:1, 7). Both accounts mention a cave and burial cloths. These details connect the two events and help us see that Lazarus’s story is a sign. Soon after Lazarus was raised, a woman anointed Jesus for burial (12:3). This act prepared him for his coming…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 39-4439-44. Jesus said, Take ye away the stone--spoken to the attendants of Martha and Mary; for it was a work of no little labor [Grotius]. According to the Talmudists, it was forbidden to open a grave after the stone was placed upon it. Besides other dangers, they were apprehensive of legal impurity by contact with the dead. Hence they avoided coming nearer a grave than four cubits [Maimonides in Lampe]. But He who touched the leper, and the bier of the…Read the comment
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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
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