John 11:1

NOW a certain one was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, from the village of Mary and Martha her sister.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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

2It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

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Cross References

Mark 11:1AND when they come near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany at the mount of the Olives, he sends forth two of his disciples,

Luke 16:20And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores,

John 11:5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

John 12:1THEREFORE Jesus, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom Jesus raised from the dead.

John 12:17The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bore witness.

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 →

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