John 11:4
And Jesus hearing it, said: This sickness is not for death, but for the sake of the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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 is not dead, but is sleeping.
John 5:23that all may honor the Son, as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son, honors not the Father who sent him.
John 9:3Jesus answered: Neither this man sinned, nor his parents; but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
John 11:40Jesus says to her: Said I not to thee, that, if thou believe, thou shalt 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, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self, with the glory which I had 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 →