John 11:1
Now there was a certain man sick, named Lazarus, of Bethania, of the town of Mary and Martha her sister.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
In Context
Cross References
2 Kings 20:1In those days Ezechias was sick unto death: and Isaias the son of Amos the prophet came and said to him: Thus saith the Lord God: Give charge concerning thy house, for thou shalt die, and not live.
Mark 11:1And when they were drawing near to Jerusalem and to Bethania at the mount of Olives, he sendeth two of his disciples,
Luke 16:20And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his gate, full of sores,
John 11:5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister Mary, and Lazarus.
John 12:1Jesus therefore, six days before the pasch, came to Bethania, where Lazarus had been dead, whom Jesus raised to life.
John 12:17The multitude therefore gave testimony, which was with him, when he called Lazarus out of the grave, and raised him from the dead.
Matthew Henry on John 11:1
In this chapter we have the history of that illustrious miracle which Christ wrought a little before his death—the raising of Lazarus to life, which is recorded only by this evangelist; for the other three confine themselves to what Christ did in Galilee, where he resided most, and scarcely ever carried their history into Jerusalem till the passion-week: whereas John's memoirs relate chiefly to what passed at Jerusalem; this passage therefore was reserved for his pen. Some suggest that, when the other evangelists… Read the whole commentary →