The Meaning of John 11:30 Explained

John 11:30

KJV: Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.

YLT: and Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was in the place where Martha met him;

Darby: Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha came to meet him.

ASV: (Now Jesus was not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha met him.)

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of John 11:30?

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What is the context of John 11:30?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.

What does John 11:30 Mean?

Context Summary

John 11:28-35 - The Sympathy Of Jesus

It is not to be wondered at that the sisters and their friends wept as they stood beside the grave; but why did Jesus weep? He knew what He had come to do. He had come for the express purpose of turning their tears into joy. He wept for human frailty-that man's life is an handbreadth and his years as a tale that is told. He wept in sympathy with human sorrow, because He realized that the scene in which He was taking part was a sample of myriads more. He groaned, as in John 11:33, r.v., as He beheld the evidences of death's grim power. Death had entered the world with man's sin, and Jesus felt the wrongfulness of Satan's usurpation. The anarchy that had invaded human life stirred His soul to its lowest depths. The wrong under which man bled wrought in Him an anger which was without sin. He still stands among our groups of mourners, touched with the feeling of their sorrow, but they are not tears of weak sentiment, but of a noble pathos that hastens to help with a divine sufficiency. It has also been suggested that Jesus wept because He was calling a soul back from the land of glory to sojourn once more in the garments of mortality. [source]

Chapter Summary: John 11

¹ Jesus raises Lazarus, four days buried
⁴⁵ Many Jews believe
⁴⁷ The high priests and Pharisees gather a council against Jesus
⁴⁹ Caiaphas prophesies
⁵⁴ Jesus hides himself
⁵⁵ At the Passover they enquire after him, and lay wait for him

Greek Commentary for John 11:30

Now Jesus was not yet come into the town [ουπω δε εληλυτει ο Ιησους εις την κωμην]
Explanatory parenthesis with past perfect as in John 11:19. Martha had her interview while he was still coming (John 11:20) and left him (went off, απηλτεν apēlthen John 11:28) to hurry to Mary with the news. Why Jesus tarried still where he had met Martha we do not know. Westcott says, “as though He would meet the sisters away from the crowd of mourners.” [source]

What do the individual words in John 11:30 mean?

Not yet now had come - Jesus into the village but was still in the place where had met Him - Martha

Οὔπω δὲ ἐληλύθει ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὴν κώμην ἀλλ’ ἦν ἔτι ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ὅπου ὑπήντησεν αὐτῷ ἡ Μάρθα

Οὔπω	Not yet
Parse: Adverb Root: οὔπω Sense: not yet.
δὲ	now
Parse: Conjunction Root: δέ Sense: but, moreover, and, etc.
ἐληλύθει	had come
Parse: Verb, Pluperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἔρχομαι Sense: to come.
ὁ	-
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc.
Ἰησοῦς	Jesus
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: Ἰησοῦς Sense: Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses’ successor.
εἰς	into
Parse: Preposition Root: εἰς Sense: into, unto, to, towards, for, among.
κώμην	village
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: κώμη Sense: the common sleeping place to which labourers in the field return, a village.
ἔτι	still
Parse: Adverb Root: ἔτι Sense: yet, still.
τόπῳ	place
Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Singular Root: τόπος Sense: place, any portion or space marked off, as it were from surrounding space.
ὅπου	where
Parse: Adverb Root: ὅπου Sense: where, whereas.
ὑπήντησεν	had met
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ὑπαντάω Sense: to go to meet, to meet.
ἡ	-
Parse: Article, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc.
Μάρθα	Martha
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: Μάρθα Sense: was the sister of Lazarus and Mary of Bethany.

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