John 11:44

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.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)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."
• 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

42And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” 43Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” 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.” 45Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him. 46But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them the things Jesus did.

John 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. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
• John 5:21For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will.
• John 10:30I and My Father are one.”
• Genesis 1:3Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
• 1 Samuel 2:6“The Lord kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up.
• Psalms 33:9For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
• Ezekiel 37:3And He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” So I answered, “O Lord God, You know.”
• Hosea 13:14“I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. O Death, I will be your plagues! O Grave, I will be your destruction! Pity is hidden from My eyes.”
• Acts 20:9And in a window sat a certain young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep. He was overcome by sleep; and as Paul continued speaking, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.
• Philippians 3:21who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.
• Revelation 1:18I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.
• John 20:5And he, stooping down and looking in, saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he did not go in.
• John 11:39Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”
• Mark 5:43But He commanded them strictly that no one should know it, and said that something should be given her to eat.
• Luke 7:15So he who was dead sat up and began to speak. And He presented 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

Topics related to John 11:44

• Dead (People)
• Friendship
• Jesus, the Christ
• Lazarus
• Miracles
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In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Awake
• Handkerchief
• Lazarus
• Mourn
• Napkin
• Apron
• Bethany
• Burial
• Dress

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