13Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
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He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-16)We have in these verses, I. A particular account of the parties principally concerned in this story, John 11:1 , 2 . 1. They lived at Bethany , a village nor far from Jerusalem, where Christ usually lodged when he came up to the feasts. It is here called the town of Mary and Martha , that is, the town where they dwelt, as Bethsaida is called the city of Andrew and Peter , John 1:44. For I see no r…
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