John 11:4
When Iesus heard it, he saide, This sickenes is not vnto death, but for the glorie of God, that the Sonne of God might be glorified thereby.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
3Therefore his sisters sent vnto him, saying, Lord, beholde, he whome thou louest, is sicke.
5Nowe Iesus loued Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.
Cross References
Mark 5:39And he went in, and said vnto them, Why make ye this trouble, and weepe? the childe is not dead, but sleepeth.
John 5:23Because that all men shoulde honour the Sonne, as they honour the Father: he that honoureth not the Sonne, the same honoureth not the Father, which hath sent him.
John 9:3Iesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents, but that the workes of God should be shewed on him.
John 11:40Iesus saide vnto her, Saide I not vnto thee, that if thou diddest beleeue, thou shouldest see the glorie of God?
John 13:31When hee was gone out, Iesus sayd, Nowe is the Sonne of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
John 17:5And nowe glorifie me, thou Father, with thine owne selfe, with the glorie which I had with thee before the world was.
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 →