John 11:1

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

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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

2And it was that 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

2 Kings 20:1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

Mark 11:1And when they draw nigh unto Jerusalem, unto Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth 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 12:1Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had died, whom he 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, bare 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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