John 11:5

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

In Context

4And 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.”

6Therefore when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed in the place where He was for two days.

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Cross References

John 11:8The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, just now the Jews were seeking to stone You, and are You going there again?”

John 15:9“Just as the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.

John 17:26And I made known to them Your name, and I will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

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 →

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