Study it in the app“So the Jews who were with her in the house and were consoling her, when they saw that Mary got up quickly and went out, followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there.”
Soοὖνthe Jewsοἱ Ἰουδαῖοιwhoοἱwereὄντεςwithμετ’herαὐτῆςinἐνthe houseτῇ οἰκίᾳandκαὶwere consolingπαραμυθούμενοιher,αὐτήνwhen they sawἰδόντεςthatὅτιMaryτὴν Μαριὰμgot upἀνέστηquicklyταχέωςandκαὶwent out,ἐξῆλθενfollowedἠκολούθησανher,αὐτῇthinkingδόξαντεςthatὅτιshe was goingὑπάγειtoεἰςthe tombτὸ μνημεῖονtoἵναweepκλαύσῃthere.ἐκεῖ
Jew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaioi” appearsbe present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “ontes” appearshouse
The building where a family lives.
Where else “oikiai” appearsconsole, comfort
Console, comfort someone who is grieving.
Where else “paramythoumenoi” appearssee
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “idontes” appearsMary
Mary, the name of several women in the New Testament: Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Mary the sister of Martha and Lazarus, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and others.
Where else “Mariam” appearsget up
To stand up, or set out somewhere.
Where else “anestē” appearsquickly
Quickly, soon.
Where else “tacheōs” appearsgo out
To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.
Where else “exēlthen” appearsfollow
To walk behind someone, going with them wherever they go.
Where else “ēkolouthēsan” appearsthink
To hold something as true in one's mind, rightly or not.
Where else “doxantes” appearsgo away
Go away, leave; "go!".
Where else “hypagei” appearstomb
The place where a dead person was buried, often a cave closed with a stone.
Where else “mnēmeion” appearsweep
Weep, cry.
Where else “klausēi” appears30Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him.
31 · This verse (above)
32So when Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
1. What it says
What does Jesus do when he arrives at Lazarus's tomb and sees Mary and those with her weeping? (vv. 32-44)
2. What it means
Jesus tells Martha, “I am the resurrection and the life.” What does he ask her next, and how does she answer? (vv. 25-27)
3. How I live it
Jesus wept with those who wept (v. 35). How can you accompany someone who is grieving today?
