John 11:19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother.

English Standard Version
and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.

New American Standard Bible
and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

King James Bible
And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.

International Standard Version
and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother.

American Standard Version
and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And many of the Jews were come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

Darby Bible Translation
and many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, that they might console them concerning their brother.

Young's Literal Translation
and many of the Jews had come unto Martha and Mary, that they might comfort them concerning their brother;

Cross References

1 Samuel 31:13
And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

1 Chronicles 7:22
And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.

1 Chronicles 10:12
They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

Job 2:11
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come on him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

Luke 10:39
And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.

Luke 10:42
But one thing is needful: and Mary has chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

John 1:19
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who are you?

John 11:1
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

John 11:8
His disciples say to him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone you; and go you thither again?

John 11:31
The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goes to the grave to weep there.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

11:17-32 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 to her, when it put her at Christ's feet to hear his word; but in the day of affliction, the same temper disposed her to melancholy. It is our wisdom to watch against the temptations, and to make use of the advantages of our natural tempers. When we know not what in particular to ask or expect, let us refer ourselves to God; let him do as seemeth him good. To enlarge Martha's expectations, our Lord declared himself to be the Resurrection and the Life. In every sense he is the Resurrection; the source, the substance, the first-fruits, the cause of it. The redeemed soul lives after death in happiness; and after the resurrection, both body and soul are kept from all evil for ever. When we have read or heard the word of Christ, about the great things of the other world, we should put it to ourselves, Do we believe this truth? The crosses and comforts of this present time would not make such a deep impression upon us as they do, if we believed the things of eternity as we ought. When Christ our Master comes, he calls for us. He comes in his word and ordinances, and calls us to them, calls us by them, calls us to himself. Those who, in a day of peace, set themselves at Christ's feet to be taught by him, may with comfort, in a day of trouble, cast themselves at his feet, to find favour with him.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

19. many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary to comfort them—Thus were provided, in a most natural way, so many witnesses of the glorious miracle that was to follow, as to put the fact beyond possible question.