John Chrysostom

She seems not to have understood His words; i. e. she saw that He meant something great, but did not see what that was. She is asked one thing, and answers another.

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Theophylact of Ohrid

And what does Martha answer? "I am convinced that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world." Her answer is good and fair, but it is not an answer to the question. Nevertheless, she gained this benefit from it: the force of her grief was subdued and her sorrow was diminished.

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Augustine of Hippo

When I believed that Thou wert the Son of God, I believed that Thou wert the resurrection, that Thou wert lifeb; and that he that believeth in Thee, though he were dead, shall live.

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Thomas Aquinas

1519 Secondly, we are given the woman's answer, Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God. Yet this answer seems to be unrelated to what our Lord had said. For he had said, I am the resurrection and the life, and then he asked her whether she believed this. She did not answer: "I believe that you are the resurrection and the life," but I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God. There are two explanations for this. …

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Bonaventure

She said to him: Yes, Lord, this I believe, that you do this: I have believed that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who has come into this world; and thus you are able to raise up and give life, because, above in the fifth chapter, "just as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son also to have life in himself." She confesses in this both his divinity and his humanity: because as Son of God, you are able; because you have come, you will do it: for to this end you were sent. Question. …

Commentary on John, Chapter 11 ↗