John 11:4
And 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.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
3His sisters therefore sent to him, saying: Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
5Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister Mary and Lazarus.
Cross References
Mark 5:39And going in, he saith to them Why make you this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
John 5:23That all men may honour the Son, as they honour the Father. He who honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father who hath sent him.
John 9:3Jesus answered: Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents; but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
John 11:40Jesus saith to her: Did not I say to thee that if thou believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?
John 13:31When he therefore was gone out, Jesus said: Now is the Son of man glorified; and God is glorified in him.
John 17:5And now glorify thou me, O Father, with thyself, with the glory which I had, before the world was, with thee.
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 →