KJV ORIGINAL
Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Martha looked at Jesus and said, 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn't have died.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Sometimes our pain makes us wonder where God was when we needed him most.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The Gospel of John was traditionally authored by John, a disciple of Jesus, for early Christian communities around the late first century CE. It aimed to
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