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Juan 11:24
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I know: John 5:28, John 5:29, Psalms 17:15, Psalms 49:14, Psalms 49:15, Isaiah 25:8, Isaiah 26:19, Ezekiel 37:1-10, Daniel 12:2, Daniel 12:3, Hosea 6:2, Hosea 13:14, Matthew 22:23-32, Luke 14:14, Acts 17:31, Acts 17:32, Acts 23:6-9, Acts 24:15, Hebrews 11:35
Reciprocal: John 6:39 - but John 12:48 - judge Philippians 3:11 - attain Philippians 3:21 - the working 1 Thessalonians 4:13 - ye sorrow Hebrews 6:2 - resurrection
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Martha saith unto him,.... Being desirous of knowing the sense and meaning of Christ, as well as to express her own faith;
I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection, at the last day. The Jews were divided about the doctrine of the resurrection, the Sadducees denied it, the Pharisees asserted it; and on this latter side was Martha; she believed there would be a resurrection of the dead; that this would be at the last day, or at the end of the world; and that her brother would rise at that general resurrection: wherefore, if Christ meant no more than that, this was what she always believed. The Syriac version renders it, "in the consolation at the last day"; and so the time of the resurrection is, by the Jews, called "the days of consolation" o. And good reason there is for it in those who shall have part in the first resurrection, or come forth to the resurrection of life; their bodies will rise glorious, powerful, spiritual, and incorruptible, fashioned like to the glorious body of Christ; they will no more be attended with infirmities, disorders, and diseases; they will feel no more pain, nor die any more; being reunited to their souls they will meet the Lord in the air, and in the judgment they will stand at his right hand; they will enter into his joy, and be for ever with him; with their bodily eyes they will behold Christ, and see him for themselves, and not another; they will meet their spiritual friends and acquaintance, and enjoy their company for ever; they will have uninterrupted communion with angels and saints, and with God, Father, Son, and Spirit; their consolation will be inconceivable and inexpressible.
o Targum Jon. in Gen i. 21. & in Hos. vi. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
At the last day - The day of judgment. Of this Martha was fully convinced; but this was not all which she desired. She in this manner delicately hinted what she did not presume expressly to declare her wish that Jesus might even now raise him up.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 24. I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection — The doctrine of the resurrection of the dead was then commonly received; and though it was our Lord who fully exemplified it by his own resurrection, yet the opinion was common, not only among God's people, but among all those who believed in the God of Israel. The Jewish writings after the captivity are full of this doctrine. See 2 Macc. 7:9, 14, 23, 36; 12:43; 14:46; Wisd. 5:1, 7, 17; 6:6, 7. See also Josephus and the Targums, passim.