John Trapp on John 11:1

CHAP. XI.

NOt the tower of Mary and Martha, Caflellum. as ſome Monkes have doted; digni ſanè qui ad Grammatices elementa remittantur, ſaith an Interpreter. Bethany was a ſmall town or village nigh to Ieruſalem, where dwelt theſe three, Lazarus and his two ſiſters, all in one houſe (though fratrum concordia rara) to whom our Saviour joyns himſelf a fourth in their friendſhip. Behold how good and how pleaſant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. Pſal. 133.1, 3. Surely there the Lord commands the bleſſing, even life for evermore.