...therefore, when Jesus bade them take away the stone, she said, as if she thought it could be of no use, Lord, by this time he stinketh, for He hath been dead four days. Jesus mildly rebuked her for her want of faith, saying unto her, Did not I tell thee, that, if thou wouldest...

...following specimen of paraphrase : • ORIGINAL. ' 39. Jesus taid, Take ye aw^y tho stone .... •41. Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. . . . ' 43. And when he had thus spoken, he cried with » loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. ' 44. And...

...with the rest, waited the great event in silence; and, in pursuance of the command of the Son of God, took away the stone from the, place where the dead was laid. Jesus had, on many occasions, publicly appealed to his own miracles- as the proofs of his mission,...

...cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh:...saith unto her, said I not unto thee, that if thou wouldst believe, thou shouldst see the glory of God? Then they took away the stone from the place where...

...thou disquieted within me ? HOPE THOU IN GOD*." Consider the force of our Lord's reproof to Martha, " Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God h ? " The same then he says to us: let us therefore " never stagger at his promises through unbelief,...

...believeth in me, shall never die. Heuerest thou this (said Jesus to Martha the lister of Lazarus) ? yers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. lu TU. 29 ? John xi. 26. 40. 29 Touched he their eyes.] Jesus had compassion on them (the two blind men), and...

...and a stone la\ upon it. 39 Jesus said, Take ye away thç stone. Martha, the sister of mm that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh : for he hath been dead four days. 40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the...

...friend !" Says Jesus, " Where have youlaidhim ?" andadvances to the sepulchre. Then she exclaims again, "Lord, by this time he stinketh ; for he hath been dead four days." Now there is something very peculiar in this. It indicates, in the first place, that she believed,...

...cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh : for he hath been dead four days. Jesus said untq her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of...

...little purpose, and which, should it prove so, she knew would be of the worst consequence, she said unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh, for he hath been dead four days. So weak and staggering is the faith of even the best persons when any thing seems to them impossible,...