Matthew Poole and continuators on John 11:32

32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet , saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died .

she falls down at his feet, which was a posture; (as we have heard before) very usual in those Countries, by which they testified, both their civil Respects to Princes, and Great Persons, and also which they used in the Worship of God, Matth. 2.11. Whether Mary did it upon the one account or the othe[illegible: 1 letter], dependeth upon what we cannot know; viz. Whether she at this time was f[illegible: 1 letter]lly perswaded of his Divine Nature; of which the best of the Disciples till Christs Resurrection, had but [illegible: 1 word] faint and uncertain perswasion.

The words which she useth to him, are the same, which Martha used, ver. 21. (See the Notes there).

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