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Methodist 1832 · Commentary on the Whole Bible, John 11:17

Adam Clarke, on John 11:17

Adam Clarke · 1762–1832
John 11:17 · Douay-Rheims
“Jesus therefore came, and found that he had been four days already in the grave.”
On this verse:
“He had lain in the grave four days already - Our Lord probably left Bethabara the day, or the day after, Lazarus died. He came to Bethany three days after; and it appears that Lazarus had been buried about four days, and consequently that he had been put in the grave the day or day after he died. Though it was the Jewish custom to embalm their dead, yet we find, from Joh 11:39, that he had not been embalmed; and God wisely ordered this, that the miracle might appear the more striking.”

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