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John 11:3

So the sisters sent a message to Jesus: “Lord, your close friend is sick.”

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In The King James Version

Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

In Context

2Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus who was sick.

4When Jesus heard the news he said, “The end result of this sickness will not be death. Through this God's glory will be revealed so that the Son of God may be glorified.”

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Cross References

Genesis 22:2God told him, “Go with your son, your only son, the one you love, to the land of Moriah and sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I'll tell you about.”

John 11:1A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters Mary and Martha.

John 11:11After telling them this, he said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I'm going to go there and wake him up!”

John 13:23The disciple whom Jesus loved was sitting next to Jesus at the table, leaning close to him.

2 Timothy 4:20Erastus stayed on in Corinth. I left Trophimus behind in Miletus because he was sick.

James 5:14Are any of you sick? You should call for the church elders and have them pray over you, and anoint you with oil in the Lord's name.

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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