John 11:1
Now a certain Lazarus, from Bethany of the village of Mary and her sister Martha, was sick.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
In Context
Cross References
2 Kings 20:1In those days Hezekiah was sick to death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus says LORD, Set thy house in order, for thou shall die, and not live.
Mark 11:1And when they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sends forth two of his disciples,
Luke 16:20But there was a certain poor man named Lazarus, who had been placed near his gate, covered with sores,
John 11:5Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
John 12:1Therefore six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, the man who died whom he raised from the dead.
John 12:17Therefore the multitude, the one that was with him when he called Lazarus from the sepulcher, and raised him from the dead, testified.
Matthew Henry on John 11:1
In this chapter we have the history of that illustrious miracle which Christ wrought a little before his death—the raising of Lazarus to life, which is recorded only by this evangelist; for the other three confine themselves to what Christ did in Galilee, where he resided most, and scarcely ever carried their history into Jerusalem till the passion-week: whereas John's memoirs relate chiefly to what passed at Jerusalem; this passage therefore was reserved for his pen. Some suggest that, when the other evangelists… Read the whole commentary →