John 11:3

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

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

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

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Cross References

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

John 11:11Thus spoke he; and after this he said to them: Our friend Lazarus sleeps; but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.

John 13:23There was reclining on the bosom of Jesus, one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.

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

James 5:14Is any one among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with 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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