John 11:4

They hoped that Jesus would come, but when Jesus heard the message, he said, “His being sick will not end in his dying. Instead, it will result in people realizing how great God is, and that I, God’s son, may be honored {that people may honor me, God’s son}, because of what I will do.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3So the two sisters sent someone to tell Jesus about Lazarus, saying, “Lord, the one you love very much is very sick.”

5Jesus loved Martha and her younger sister Mary and Lazarus.

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Cross References

Mark 5:39He entered the house and then he said to them, knowing that he was going to cause her to live again, “◄Do not make such a disturbance!/Why are you making such a disturbance?► [RHQ] Stop crying, for the child is not dead! On the contrary, she is only sleeping [HYP, EUP]!”

John 5:23in order that all people may honor me, just like they honor my Father. My Father considers that anyone who does not honor me is not honoring him, the one who sent me.

John 9:3Jesus replied, “His being blind was not because he or his parents sinned. Instead, he has been blind in order that people can see the power of God {the power of God can be seen} as a result of what will now happen to him.

John 11:40Jesus said to her, “I told [RHQ] you that if you believed in ◄ me/what I can do►, you would see how great God is! Have you forgotten that?”

John 13:31After Judas left, Jesus said, “Now it will be shown { my Father will show} how wonderful I, the one who came from heaven, am. And by what I do it will be seen {people will see} how great God is.

John 17:5My Father, now honor me when I am with you again, by causing me to have the greatness I had when I was with you before the world began.”

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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