John 11:40 (YLT)

Passage

Jesus saith to her, `Said I not to thee, that if thou mayest believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?'

Nearby Context

John 11:38 Jesus, therefore, again groaning in himself, cometh to the tomb, and it was a cave, and a stone was lying upon it,

John 11:39 Jesus saith, `Take ye away the stone;' the sister of him who hath died--Martha--saith to him, `Sir, already he stinketh, for he is four days dead;'

John 11:40 Jesus saith to her, `Said I not to thee, that if thou mayest believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?'

John 11:41 They took away, therefore, the stone where the dead was laid, and Jesus lifted his eyes upwards, and said, `Father, I thank Thee, that Thou didst hear me;

John 11:42 and I knew that Thou always dost hear me, but, because of the multitude that is standing by, I said <FI>it<Fi> , that they may believe that Thou didst send me.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jesus", "saith", "said", "thee", "thou", "mayest", and "believe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jesus" and "saith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 39's "Jesus saith Take ye away the stone..." into verse 41's "They took away therefore the stone where...", so "jesus" and "saith" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jesus" and "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.