John 11:1

At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

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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(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)

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Cross References

2 Kings 20:1In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”

Mark 11:1As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two of His disciples

Luke 16:20And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores

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

John 12:1Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus who had died, whom He had raised from the dead.

John 12:17Meanwhile, many people who had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from 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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