John 11:4
and Jesus having heard, said, “This ailment is not to death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
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In Context
3therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You cherish is ailing”;
5And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,
Cross References
Mark 5:39and having gone in He says to them, “Why do you make a tumult, and weep? The child did not die, but sleeps”;
John 5:23that all may honor the Son according as they honor the Father; he who is not honoring the Son, does not honor the Father who sent Him.
John 9:3Jesus answered, “Neither this one sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God may be revealed in him;
John 11:40Jesus says to her, “Did I not say to you that if you may believe, you will see the glory of God?”
John 13:31When, therefore, he went forth, Jesus says, “Now was the Son of Man glorified, and God was glorified in Him;
John 17:5And now, glorify Me, You Father, with Yourself, with the glory that I had with You before the world was;
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 →