Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
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Theophilus of Antioch
AD 184
At first she does not tell her sister, for fear, if she came, the Jews, present might accompany her. Andshe did not wish them to know of our Lord’s coming. Then says Martha to Jesus, Lord, if You had been here, my brother had not died.
She did not know that He could have restored her brother as well absentas present.
