John 11:1
Now there was a certain man who was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
English Majority Text (NT)
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
Cross References
Mark 11:1And when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, towards the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples;
Luke 16:20But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores, who had been placed at his gate,
John 11:5Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
John 12:1Then Jesus, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had died, whom He raised from the dead.
John 12:17Therefore the crowd which was with Him when He called Lazarus out of his tomb and raised him from the dead, was testifying.
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 →