約翰福音 11:11

11 耶 穌 說 了 這 話 ， 隨 後 對 他 們 說 ： 我 們 的 朋 友 拉 撒 路 睡 了 ， 我 去 叫 醒 他 。

約翰福音 11:11 Meaning and Commentary

John 11:11

These things said he
In answer to his disciples, and made a pause.

And after that he saith unto them, our friend Lazarus sleepeth;
meaning, that he was dead; in which sense the word is often used in the Old Testament, and in the common dialect of the Jews, and frequently in their writings; and especially it is so used of good men: and it is an observation of theirs ^F2, that

``it is usual to say of the righteous, that there is no death in them, (hnyv ala) , "but sleep";''

(See Gill on Matthew 9:24), (See Gill on 1 Corinthians 15:18), (See Gill on 1 Corinthians 15:20), (See Gill on 1 Thessalonians 4:13), (See Gill on 1 Thessalonians 4:14);

but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep;
that is, to raise him from the dead, for, the resurrection of the dead is expressed by awaking; see ( Psalms 17:15 ) ( Isaiah 26:19 ) ( Daniel 12:2 ) ; which for Christ to do, was as easy as to awake a man out of natural sleep: these words respecting Lazarus's sleeping and awaking, express both the omniscience and omnipotence of Christ; his omniscience, that he should know that Lazarus was dead; when at such a distance from him; and his omnipotence, that he could raise him from the dead; and yet his great modesty to signify it in, such covert language, though not difficult to be understood.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Gloss in T. Hieros. Celaim in En Yaacob, fol. 4. 4.

約翰福音 11:11 In-Context

9 耶 穌 回 答 說 ： 白 日 不 是 有 十 二 小 時 麼 ？ 人 在 白 日 走 路 ， 就 不 至 跌 倒 ， 因 為 看 見 這 世 上 的 光 。

10 若 在 黑 夜 走 路 ， 就 必 跌 倒 ， 因 為 他 沒 有 光 。

11 耶 穌 說 了 這 話 ， 隨 後 對 他 們 說 ： 我 們 的 朋 友 拉 撒 路 睡 了 ， 我 去 叫 醒 他 。

12 門 徒 說 ： 主 阿 ， 他 若 睡 了 ， 就 必 好 了 。

13 耶 穌 這 話 是 指 著 他 死 說 的 ， 他 們 卻 以 為 是 說 照 常 睡 了 。