Even if Jesus left right away, he’d have arrived two days after L’s death, unless he could also have cut two days off his travel time, right?

(John 11:1-44, and ignoring Sabbath travel issues.)

I only noticed this today, and though I’m glad it (sort of) answers the "How could he?" question, it raises more:
What does Jesus know when? Why does he wait, and why does our author mention it? Do M&M even ask him to come?
Is "If a man walk in the night" not a cryptic metaphor about the stoning?
Does Jesus let L. die for the sake of the splashier miracle? Has everyone forgotten his demonstrated healing-at-a-distance powers?
Hogie, your answer is close to what I’ve thought, but I can see there’s a lot more in this text than that. I guess it’s time to read more exegeses.

Here’s one online commentary I disagreed with but found thought-provoking:

http://www.biblegateway.com/resources/commentaries/index.php?action=getCommentaryText&cid=4&source=1&seq=i.50.11.2

He demonstrated that He is the resurrection and the life by being there, and performing this resurrection several days after Lazarus was dead so no one would think he really was not dead.

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