John 11:4
And when Jesus heard, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
3Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.”
5Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
Cross References
Mark 5:39And when He went in, He said to them, “Why are you making such commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but she is asleep.”
John 5:23so that all may honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. 1 The Testimony of the Father to the Son
John 9:3Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but so that the works of God should be manifest in him.
John 11:40Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?”
John 13:31When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in Him.
John 17:5And now, O Father, glorify Me alongside Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. 1 Jesus Prays for His Disciples
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 →