John 11:4
But 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.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
3Therefore his sisters sent to him, saying: Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
5Now, Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
Cross References
Mark 5:39And he went in and said to them: Why do you make a tumult and weep? The child is not dead, but sleeps.
John 5:23that all may honor the Son, as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son, honors not the Father who sent him.
John 9:3Jesus answered: Neither this man sinned, nor his parents; but that the works of God might be made manifest in him.
John 11:40Jesus said to her: Did I not tell you, that, if you would believe, you should see the glory of God?
John 13:31When he had gone out, Jesus said: Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
John 17:5And now, Father, glorify me with thyself, with the glory which 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 →