John 11:3

So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2(The Mary whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who put perfumed oil on the Lord and made his feet dry with her hair.)

4When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it.

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Cross References

Genesis 22:2And he said to him, Take your son, your dearly loved only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and give him as a burned offering on one of the mountains of which I will give you knowledge.

John 11:1Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill; he was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

John 11:11These things said he: and after that he said to them, Lazarus our friend is at rest; but I go so that I may make him come out of his sleep.

John 13:23There was at table one of his disciples, the one dear to Jesus, resting his head on Jesus' breast.

2 Timothy 4:20Erastus was stopping at Corinth; but Trophimus, when I last saw him was at Miletus, ill.

James 5:14Is anyone among you ill? let him send for the rulers of the church; and let them say prayers over him, putting oil on him 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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