John 11:3

So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, behold, the one yoʋ love is sick.”

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

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.)

4But when Jesus heard this, he said, “This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

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Cross References

John 11:1Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

John 11:11After saying this, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”

John 13:23One of his disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining on Jesus' chest.

2 Timothy 4:20Erastus stayed in Corinth, and Trophimus, who was sick, I left in Miletus.

James 5:14Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

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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