'Lord,' Martha said to him, 'if you had been here, my brother would not have died — Martha's first words address the painful delay: had Jesus been present, He could have healed Lazarus before death. Her words express both faith in Jesus' power to heal and confusion about His delayed response. The 'if you had been here' (ei ēs hōde) is a polite but pointed reference to His absence during the critical illness.

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