John 11:1
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of 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.
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2 Kings 20:1In those days Hezekiah was sick and dying. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Set your house in order; for you will die, and not live.’”
Mark 11:1When they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples
Luke 16:20A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,
John 11:5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
John 12:1Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
John 12:17The multitude therefore that was 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 →