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Selected Verse: John 11:38 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Joh 11:38 |
Strong Concordance |
Jesus [2424] therefore [3767] again [3825] groaning [1690] in [1722] himself [1438] cometh [2064] to [1519] the grave [3419]. [1161] It was [2258] a cave [4693], and [2532] a stone [3037] lay [1945] upon [1909] it [846]. |
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King James |
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Jesus again groaning in himself--that is, as at Joh 11:33, checked or repressed His rising feelings, in the former instance, of sorrow, here of righteous indignation at their unreasonable unbelief; (compare Mar 3:5) [WEBSTER and WILKINSON]. But here, too, struggling emotion was deeper, now that His eye was about to rest on the spot where lay, in the still horrors of death, His "friend."
a cave--the cavity, natural or artificial, of a rock. This, with the number of condoling visitors from Jerusalem, and the costly ointment with which Mary afterwards anointed Jesus at Bethany, all go to show that the family was in good circumstances. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
It was a cave - This was a common mode of burial. See the notes at Mat 8:28.
A stone lay upon it - Over the mouth of the cave. See Mat 27:60. |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Lay upon (ἐπέκειτο)
This would be the meaning if the tomb were a vertical pit; but if hollowed horizontally into the rock, it may mean lay against. The traditional tomb of Lazarus is of the former kind, being descended into by a ladder. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
It was a cave - So Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and their wives, except Rachel, were buried in the cave of Machpelah, Gen 49:29-31. These caves were commonly in rocks, which abounded in that country, either hollowed by nature or hewn by art. And the entrance was shut up with a great stone, which sometimes had a monumental inscription. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
It was a cave, etc. - It is likely that several of the Jewish burying-places were made in the sides of rocks; some were probably dug down like a well from the upper surface, and then hollowed under into niches, and a flat stone, laid down upon the top, would serve for a door. Yet, from what the evangelist says, there seems to have been something peculiar in the formation of this tomb. It might have been a natural grotto, or dug in the side of a rock or hill, and the lower part of the door level with the ground, or how could Lazarus have come forth, as he is said to have done, Joh 11:44? |
5 And [2532] when he had looked round about [4017] on them [846] with [3326] anger [3709], being grieved [4818] for [1909] the hardness [4457] of their [846] hearts [2588], he saith [3004] unto the man [444], Stretch forth [1614] thine [4675] hand [5495]. And [2532] he stretched it out [1614]: and [2532] his [846] hand [5495] was restored [600] whole [5199] as [5613] the other [243].
33 When [5613] Jesus [2424] therefore [3767] saw [1492] her [846] weeping [2799], and [2532] the Jews [2453] also weeping [2799] which came [4905] with her [846], he groaned [1690] in the spirit [4151], and [2532] was troubled [5015] [1438],
60 And [2532] laid [5087] it [846] in [1722] his own [846] new [2537] tomb [3419], which [3739] he had hewn out [2998] in [1722] the rock [4073]: and [2532] he rolled [4351] a great [3173] stone [3037] to the door [2374] of the sepulchre [3419], and departed [565].
28 And [2532] when he [846] was come [2064] to [1519] the other side [4008] into [1519] the country [5561] of the Gergesenes [1086], there met [5221] him [846] two [1417] possessed with devils [1139], coming [1831] out of [1537] the tombs [3419], exceeding [3029] fierce [5467], so that [5620] no [3361] man [5100] might [2480] pass [3928] by [1223] that [1565] way [3598].
29 And he charged [06680] them, and said [0559] unto them, I am to be gathered [0622] unto my people [05971]: bury [06912] me with my fathers [01] in the cave [04631] that is in the field [07704] of Ephron [06085] the Hittite [02850],
30 In the cave [04631] that is in the field [07704] of Machpelah [04375], which is before [06440] Mamre [04471], in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], which Abraham [085] bought [07069] with the field [07704] of Ephron [06085] the Hittite [02850] for a possession [0272] of a buryingplace [06913].
31 There they buried [06912] Abraham [085] and Sarah [08283] his wife [0802]; there they buried [06912] Isaac [03327] and Rebekah [07259] his wife [0802]; and there I buried [06912] Leah [03812].
44 And [2532] he that was dead [2348] came forth [1831], bound [1210] hand [5495] and [2532] foot [4228] with graveclothes [2750]: and [2532] his [846] face [3799] was bound about [4019] with a napkin [4676]. Jesus [2424] saith [3004] unto them [846], Loose [3089] him [846], and [2532] let him [863] go [5217].