John 11:1

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

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

In Context

2(Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was sick.)

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Cross References

Mark 11:1When they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples ahead

Luke 16:20There was also a poor man named Lazarus, who was laid at the rich man's gate, covered with sores.

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

John 12:1Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, the man who had died and whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

John 12:17Now the crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead was testifying about it.

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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