John 11:3

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

Darby Translation

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 who 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 unto death, but for the glory of God, 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 lovest, Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah, and there offer him up for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

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

John 11:11These things said he; and after this he says to them, Lazarus, our friend, is fallen asleep, but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.

John 13:23Now there was at table one of his disciples in the bosom of Jesus, whom Jesus loved.

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

James 5:14Is any sick among you? let him call to [him] the elders of the assembly, 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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