John 11:21

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if [only] you had been here, my brother would not have died.

Cross References

Matthew 9:18

While Jesus spoke these things, a leader of the [Jewish] synagogue [named Jairus. See Mark 5:22-43] came and worshiped Him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but if you come and place your hand on her, she will live [again].”

John 11:2

This was the Mary who had poured the perfume on the Lord and wiped His feet with her hair [See Matt. 26:6-13], whose brother Lazarus was sick.

John 11:3

So, the sisters sent [someone] to Him, saying, “Look, Lord, the person you love [i.e., your dear friend, Lazarus] is sick.”

John 11:32

So, when Mary arrived at where Jesus was and saw Him, she fell down at His feet and said, “Lord, if [only] you had been here, my brother would not have died.”

John 11:37

But others of them said, “Could not this man, who restored sight to a blind person, have kept Lazarus from dying?”