John 11:11
He said these things, and after these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may wake him out of sleep.”
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In Context
10However, if he walks at night, he will stumble because the light is not in him.”
12The disciples therefore said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”
Cross References
Exodus 33:11Yahweh would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua son of Nun, a young man, would stay in the tent.
2 Chronicles 20:7Our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham?
Daniel 12:2Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Matthew 27:52The tombs were opened, and the bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
John 3:29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. Now the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the voice of the bridegroom. This, then, is my joy made complete.
John 11:3The sisters then sent for Jesus, saying, “Lord, see, he whom you love is sick.”
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 →