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

New Living Translation
and many of the people had come to console Martha and Mary in their loss.

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

Berean Standard Bible
and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.

Berean Literal Bible
and many of the Jews had come unto Martha and Mary, that they might console them concerning the brother.

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

New King James Version
And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

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

NASB 1995
and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

NASB 1977
and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

Legacy Standard Bible
and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them about their brother.

Amplified Bible
and many of the Jews had come to see Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning [the loss of] their brother.

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

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

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And many of the Judeans were coming to Martha and Maryam to comfort their hearts concerning their brother.

Contemporary English Version
and many people had come from the city to comfort Martha and Mary because their brother had died.

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.

Good News Translation
and many Judeans had come to see Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother's death.

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

Literal Standard Version
and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, that they might comfort them concerning their brother;

Majority Standard Bible
and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.

New American Bible
And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.

NET Bible
so many of the Jewish people of the region had come to Martha and Mary to console them over the loss of their brother.)

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

New Heart English Bible
Many of the Jewish people had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

Webster's Bible Translation
And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

Weymouth New Testament
and a considerable number of the Jews were with Martha and Mary, having come to express sympathy with them on the death of their brother.

World English Bible
Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to 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;

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Context
Jesus Comforts Martha and Mary
18Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away, 19and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother. 20So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him; but Mary stayed at home.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 31:13
Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.

1 Chronicles 7:22
Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.

1 Chronicles 10:12
all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.

Job 2:11
Now when Job's three friends--Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite--heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.

Luke 10:39
She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to His message.

Luke 10:42
But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her."

John 1:19
And this was John's testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?"


Treasury of Scripture

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

to comfort.

Genesis 37:35
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

2 Samuel 10:2
Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

1 Chronicles 7:21,22
And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle…

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John 11
1. Jesus raises Lazarus, four days buried.
45. Many Jews believe.
47. The high priests and Pharisees gather a council against Jesus.
49. Caiaphas prophesies.
54. Jesus hides himself.
55. At the Passover they enquire after him, and lay wait for him.














(19) And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary.--Better, and many of the Jews had come . . .--They had come before our Lord's arrival. The word "Jews" is to be understood in St. John's general sense (comp. Note on John 1:19) of those opposed to our Lord, who had lately sought to stone Him (John 10:31), and afterwards to take Him by force (John 10:39). The family at Bethany was one of position and substance (comp. Notes on Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9), and they would naturally have had many friends among the higher rank of the Jews. Another reading, which has considerable authority, is "had come to the women with Martha and Mary," or "to Martha and Mary and their friends."

To comfort them concerning their brother.--The days of mourning were usually thirty, which were divided into (1) three days of weeping; (2) seven days of lamentation; (3) twenty days of sorrow. This fourth day after the death was the first of the seven days of lamentation. Lightfoot has collected, in a long note on this text, quotations from the Rabbis illustrating the mourning customs, and giving examples of the words used. . . .

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Greek
and
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

many
πολλοὶ (polloi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4183: Much, many; often.

of
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

the
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Jews
Ἰουδαίων (Ioudaiōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 2453: Jewish. From Iouda; Judaean, i.e. Belonging to Jehudah.

had come
ἐληλύθεισαν (elēlytheisan)
Verb - Pluperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2064: To come, go.

to
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

Martha
Μάρθαν (Marthan)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3136: Martha, sister of Mary and Lazarus of Bethany. Probably of Chaldee origin; Martha, a Christian woman.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

Mary
Μαριὰμ (Mariam)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3137: Or Mariam of Hebrew origin; Maria or Mariam, the name of six Christian females.

to
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

console
παραμυθήσωνται (paramythēsōntai)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 3888: From para and the middle voice of a derivative of muthos; to relate near, i.e. encourage, console.

them
αὐτὰς (autas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

in the loss of
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

[their]
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

brother.
ἀδελφοῦ (adelphou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 80: A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote.


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