71 Grk “who opened the eyes of the blind man” (“opening the eyes” is an idiom referring to restoration of sight).
72 Grk “this one”; the second half of 11:37 reads Grk “Could not this one who opened the eyes of the blind have done something to keep this one from dying?” In the Greek text the repetition of “this one” in 11:37b referring to two different persons (first Jesus, second Lazarus) could confuse a modern reader. Thus the first reference, to Jesus, has been translated as “he” to refer back to the beginning of v. 37, where the reference to “the man who caused the blind man to see” is clearly a reference to Jesus. The second reference, to Lazarus, has been specified (“Lazarus”) in the translation for clarity.

In other versions

But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying?”

But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”

But some of them said, “Couldn’t he who opened the blind man’s eyes also have kept this man from dying?”

But some said, “This man healed a blind man. Couldn’t he have kept Lazarus from dying?”

But some of them said, “Was not this man who opened the eyes of the blind able to do something so that this man also would not have died?”

And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?

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