Homilies on the Gospel of John

“Your brother shall rise again.”

He thus far refutes the former saying, “Whatsoever you will ask”; for He said not, “I ask,” but what? “Your brother shall rise again.” To have said, “Woman, thou still lookest below, I need not the help of another, but do all of Myself,” would have been grievous, and a stumblingblock in her way, but to say, “He shall rise again,” was the act of one who chose a middle mode of speech. And by means of that which follows, He alluded to the points I have mentioned; for when Martha says,