So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.
We have in these verses, I. A particular account of the parties principally concerned in this story, Joh 11:1, Joh 11:2. 1. They lived at Bethany, a village nor far from Jerusalem, where Christ usually lodged when he came up to the feasts.
Commenting on John 11:1-16
When he had heard therefore that he was sick,.... Though Christ had heard that Lazarus was sick, and by such good hands, a message being sent him by his sisters, to acquaint him with it; and though he had such a very great love for him, and the whole family, yet he did not go directly to him, and to his assistance: but he abode...
Verse 6. He abode two days. Probably Lazarus died soon after the messengers left him. Jesus knew that () and did not hasten to Judea, but remained two days longer where he was, that there might not be the possibility of doubt that he was dead, so that when he came there he had been dead four days, . This shows, moreover, that he intended to raise him up.