John 11:3

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2(And Mary was she that anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair: whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

4And Jesus hearing it, said to them: This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God: that the Son of God may be glorified by it.

Read all of John 11

Cross References

Genesis 22:2He said to him: Take thy only begotten son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and go into the land of vision: and there thou shalt offer him for a holocaust upon one of the mountains which I will show thee.

John 11:1Now there was a certain man sick, named Lazarus, of Bethania, of the town of Mary and Martha her sister.

John 11:11These things he said; and after that he said to them: Lazarus our friend sleepeth; but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.

John 13:23Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.

2 Timothy 4:20Erastus remained at Corinth. And Trophimus I left sick at Miletus.

James 5:14Is any man sick among you? Let him bring in the priests of the church, 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study John 11:3