JOHN 11:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.”
When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died' — Mary's words exactly parallel Martha's initial complaint (verse 21), but her action (falling at Jesus' feet) indicates a more emotional and physically demonstrative posture than Martha's. Her prostration suggests vulnerability and grief even as she echoes the faith-complaint.
Church Fathers on John 11:32
Christ’s words had the effect of stopping Martha’s grief. In her devotion to her Master she had no time to think of her afflictions: And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly.
Silently, i.e. speaking in a low voice. For she did speak, saying, the Master is come, and calls for you.
Perhaps she thought the presence of Christ in itself a call, as if it were inexcusable, when Christ came, that she should not go out to meet Him.
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