John 11:18-19

11:18 (Now Bethany was less than two miles ¹  from Jerusalem, ²  11:19 so many of the Jewish people of the region ³  had come to Martha and Mary to console them ⁴  over the loss of their brother.) ⁵ 

[11:18]  ¹ tn Or “three kilometers”; Grk “fifteen stades” (a stade as a unit of linear measure is about 607 feet or 187 meters).

[11:18]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[11:19]  ³ tn Or “many of the Judeans” (cf. BDAG 479 s.v. ᾿Ιουδαῖος 2.e); Grk “many of the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the residents of Jerusalem and the surrounding area in general (those who had been friends or relatives of Lazarus or his sisters would mainly be in view) since the Jewish religious authorities (“the chief priests and the Pharisees”) are specifically mentioned as a separate group in John 11:46-47. See also the note on the phrase “the Jewish leaders” in v. 8.

[11:19]  ⁴ tn Or “to comfort them” or “to offer them sympathy.”

[11:19]  ⁵ tn Grk “to comfort them concerning their brother”; the words “loss of” are not in the Greek text but are implied.