Bible Strands
John 11:30
Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator describes Jesus’s location at the road where Martha met Him, noting He has not yet reached the village at the moment Mary leaves the house to go to Him.
The words — οὔπω (oupō) means "not yet," and ἐληλύθει (elēluthei) means "had come," marking the precise temporal gap between Jesus’s arrival and His entry into the village.
The thread — This geographic detail aligns with John 11:20, where Martha went out to meet Jesus while Mary stayed at home, establishing the separate paths each sister took before Jesus arrived.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to observe the deliberate pacing of Jesus’s movements and recognize that the sequence of encounters follows His arrival rather than human urgency.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.
Cross-references
- John 11:20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him, but Mary stayed at home.