John 11:4
But 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.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3The sisters therefore 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 entering in he says to them, Why do ye make a tumult and weep? the child has not died, but sleeps.
John 5:23that all may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He who honours not the Son, honours not the Father who has sent him.
John 9:3Jesus answered, Neither has this [man] sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God should be manifested in him.
John 11:40Jesus says to her, Did I not say to thee, that if thou shouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
John 13:31When therefore he was gone out Jesus says, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
John 17:5and now glorify *me*, *thou* Father, along with thyself, with the glory which I had along 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 →