John 11:3

The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou love is sick.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

In Context

2And Mary was the woman who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

4But when Jesus heard, he said, This sickness is not about death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.

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Cross References

Genesis 22:2And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou love, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah. And offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

John 11:1Now a certain Lazarus, from Bethany of the village of Mary and her sister Martha, was sick.

John 11:11He spoke these things, and after this he says to them, Our friend Lazarus has become asleep, but I go that I may awake him.

John 13:23And one of his disciples whom Jesus loved was sitting at Jesus' bosom.

2 Timothy 4:20Erastus remained at Corinth, but Trophimus I left being sick at Miletus.

James 5:14Is any man weak among you? Let him summon the elders of the congregation, and let them pray near him, having anointed him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.

Matthew Henry on John 11:2-17

The Death of Lazarus. 1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) 3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister,… Read the whole commentary →

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