John 11:4
When Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but instead it is for the glory of God so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.”
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In Context
3The sisters then sent for Jesus, saying, “Lord, see, he whom you love is sick.”
5Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
Cross References
Mark 5:39When he entered the house, he said to them, “Why are you upset and why do you weep? The child is not dead but sleeps.”
John 5:23so that everyone will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
John 9:3Jesus answered, “Neither did this man sin, nor his parents, but so that the works of God would be revealed in him.
John 11:40Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that, if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
John 13:31When Judas was gone, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him.
John 17:5Now, Father, glorify me along with yourself with the glory that I had with you before the world was made.
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 →