John 11:1

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

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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

2(It was the Mary who [later] anointed the Lord with myrrh and wiped His feet with her hair whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

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Cross References

Mark 11:1Now when they were drawing near Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples,

Luke 16:20And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores, who had been placed at his gate,

John 11:5(Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.)

John 12:1Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was (the deceased whom He raised from the dead).

John 12:17So the crowd that had been with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify.

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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