Treasury of Scripture Knowledge A great multitude therefore of the Jews knew that he was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. John 11:43-45 When he had said these things, he cried with a loud voice: Lazarus, come forth. . . . Acts 3:10,11 And they knew him, that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him. . . . Acts 4:14 Seeing the man also who had been healed, standing with them, they could say nothing against it. Context The Plot to Kill Lazarus8For the poor you have always with you: but me you have not always. 9A great multitude therefore of the Jews knew that he was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 10But the chief priests thought to kill Lazarus also:… Cross References Mark 12:37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord. And whence is he then his son? And a great multitude heard him gladly. John 11:43 When he had said these things, he cried with a loud voice: Lazarus, come forth. John 12:1 Jesus therefore, six days before the pasch, came to Bethania, where Lazarus had been dead, whom Jesus raised to life. John 12:10 But the chief priests thought to kill Lazarus also: John 12:12 And on the next day, a great multitude that was come to the festival day, when they had heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, John 12:17 The multitude therefore gave testimony, which was with him, when he called Lazarus out of the grave and raised him from the dead. Lexicon Meanwhileοὖν (oun) Conjunction Strong's Greek 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. a large πολὺς (polys) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 4183: Much, many; often. crowd ὄχλος (ochlos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 3793: From a derivative of echo; a throng; by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot. of ἐκ (ek) Preposition Strong's Greek 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. Jews Ἰουδαίων (Ioudaiōn) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 2453: Jewish. From Iouda; Judaean, i.e. Belonging to Jehudah. learned Ἔγνω (Egnō) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 1097: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications. that ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. [Jesus] was ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. there. ἐκεῖ (ekei) Adverb Strong's Greek 1563: (a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there. Of uncertain affinity; there; by extension, thither. And καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely. they came ἦλθον (ēlthon) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's Greek 2064: To come, go. not οὐ (ou) Adverb Strong's Greek 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. only μόνον (monon) Adverb Strong's Greek 3440: Alone, but, only. Neuter of monos as adverb; merely. because of διὰ (dia) Preposition Strong's Greek 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through. [Him], Ἰησοῦν (Iēsoun) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. but ἀλλ’ (all’) Conjunction Strong's Greek 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise. also καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely. to ἵνα (hina) Conjunction Strong's Greek 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. see ἴδωσιν (idōsin) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's Greek 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear. Lazarus, Λάζαρον (Lazaron) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 2976: Probably of Hebrew origin; Lazarus, the name of two Israelites. whom ὃν (hon) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that. He had raised ἤγειρεν (ēgeiren) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 1453: (a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. Probably akin to the base of agora; to waken, i.e. Rouse. from ἐκ (ek) Preposition Strong's Greek 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. [the] dead. νεκρῶν (nekrōn) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 3498: (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead. Additional Translations Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. And they came not only because of Him, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead. Therefore a great crowd of the Jews knew that He is there; and they came, not only because of Jesus, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom He had raised out from the dead. Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. The common people therefore of the Jews learned that he was there: and they came, not for Jesus'sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. A great crowd therefore of the Jews knew that he was there; and they came, not because of Jesus only, but also that they might see Lazarus whom he raised from among [the] dead. The common people therefore of the Jews learned that he was there: and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. Many people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. Now it became widely known among the Jews that Jesus was there; but they came not only on His account, but also in order to see Lazarus whom He had brought back to life. A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there, and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. 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