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NASB | John 11:6 So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 11:6 So [even] when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed in the same place two more days. |
Subject: US go... even we, the disciples? |
Bible Note: Hi JCrichton, Your good thoughts and observations are appreciated. I would like to express more of where I am coming from in my questions. 1) You give references of John 11:14-15, 43-45 as saying that the disciples witnessed the resurrection of Lazarus. However the verses do not say that they went with Him although He is encouraging them to go. Verse 17 says only that "So when Jesus came,..." There is no mention of the disciples from verse 17 on until verse 54 where it says that Jesus went to a city called Ephraim and there He stayed with the disciples. The Jews of verse 45 were the Jews of verse 19, and 31 who had come to console Mary and Martha. So I would say that the Scriptures do not say that the disciples went with Him. However, it would be difficult to understand how or why the disciples would not go with Him if He was encouraging them to. That leads me to a suggested way of interpretting the passage so that it would be an open decision for the disciples to go or not to go. I am offering for consideration a capitalization of "Us" for Jesus only speaking about Himself. John 11:7, "Let Us go to Judea again." John 11:11, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go, that I might waken him out of sleep." John 11:15, "and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let Us go to him." Thus there are the pronouns of Us, Our, and Us. What is that called, the King's English? Verse 16, "Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us [also] go, even we, that we may die with Him." This to my mind would be glorifying to our triune God. However, it would only be penciled in my copy for now. What do you think? From the heart, Ray |