John 11:4
But 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.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou love is sick.
5Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
Cross References
Mark 5:39And when he entered in, he says to them, Why do ye make a commotion, and weep? The child did not die, but sleeps.
John 5:23so that all would honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. The man not honoring the Son, does not honor the Father who sent him.
John 9:3Jesus answered, Neither this man sinned, nor his parents, but that the works of God might be manifested in him.
John 11:40Jesus says to her, Did I not to say thee, that if thou believed, thou will see the glory of God?
John 13:31When he went out, Jesus says, Now the Son of man is glorified, and God is glorified in him.
John 17:5And now, Father, glorify thou me with thyself with the glory that I had with thee before the world was.
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 →