John 11:6

When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.

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WEBBE

When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.

BSB

So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,

KJV

When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.

ASV

When therefore he heard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in the place where he was.

BBE

So when the news came to him that Lazarus was ill, he did not go from the place where he was for two days.

Original Greek

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ὡς hōs When G5613 οὖν oun therefore G3767 ἤκουσεν ēkousen He heard G191 ὅτι hoti that G3754 ἀσθενεῖ asthenei he is sick G770 τότε tote then G5119 μὲν men indeed G3303 ἔμεινεν emeinen He remained G3306 ἐν en in G1722 ᾧ hō which G3739 ἦν ēn He was G1510 τόπῳ topō [the] place G5117 δύο duo two G1417 ἡμέρας hēmeras days G2250

The early church

"And having said this, He tarried two days." Wherefore tarried He? That Lazarus might breathe his last, and be buried; that none might be able to assert that He restored him when not yet dead, saying that it was a lethargy, a fainting, a fit, but not death. On this account He tarried so long, that corruption began, and they said, "He now stinketh."
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on John
(Tr. xlix. 7) Where He had just escaped being stoned; for this was the cause of His leaving. He left indeed as man: He left in weakness, but He returns in power.
Augustine of Hippo · d. 430Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
Our Lord heard of the sickness of Lazarus, but suffered four days to pass before He cured it; that the recovery might be a more wonderful one. When He had heard therefore that he was sick, He abode two days still in the place where He was.
Alcuin of York · d. 804Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–6

It is no new thing for those whom Christ loves, to be sick; bodily distempers correct the corruption, and try the graces of God's people. He came not to preserve his people from these afflictions, but to save them from their sins, and from the wrath to come; however, it behoves us to apply to Him in behalf of our friends and relatives when sick and afflicted. Let this reconcile us to the darkest dealings of Providence, that they are all for the glory of God: sickness, loss, disappointment, are so; and if God be glorified, we ought to be satisfied. Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. The families are greatly favoured in which love and peace abound; but those are most happy whom Jesus loves, and by whom he is beloved. Alas, that this should seldom be the case with every person, even in small families. God has gracious intentions, even when he seems to delay. When the work of deliverance, temporal or spiritual, public or personal, is delayed, it does but stay for the right time.

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