John 11:1

A certayne man was sicke named Lazarus of Bethania the toune of Mary and her sister Martha.

Tyndale New Testament

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

2It was that Mary which annoynted Iesus with oyntment and wyped his fete with her heere whose brother Lazarus was sicke

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Cross References

Mark 11:1And when they came nye to Hierusalem vnto Bethphage and Bethanie besydes mout olivete he sent forth two of his disciples

Luke 16:20And ther was a certayne begger named Lazarus whiche laye at his gate full of soores

John 11:5Iesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

John 12:1Then Iesus sixe dayes before ester came to Bethany where Lazarus was which was deed and who Iesus raysed from deeth.

John 12:17The people that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave and raysed him from deeth bare recorde.

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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