Matthew Poole and continuators on John 11:39

39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days .

Our Lord commandeth the removal of the Stone, which was at the mouth of the Sepulcher, that the miracle might be evident, for Lazarus to have come forth; the door of the Cave being shut, and a great Stone making it fast, would have looked more like an Apparition, than a Resurrection.

It is very probable, that Martha thought that our Saviour commanded the removal of the Stone, not in order to a commanding him to Life again, but out of a curiosity to view his Dead Body: and therefore she objecteth the Pu[illegible: 1 letter]refaction of his Body, from which the Soul was now departed four days; as that which our Saviour would not be able to indure the savour of.