John 11:1

And a certain one was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

2And Mary was the one anointing the Lord with myrrh, and wiping His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

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Cross References

Mark 11:1And when they draw nigh to Jerusalem and to Bethany, to the Mount of Olives, He sends away two of His disciples,

Luke 16:20But a certain beggar, Lazarus by name, was laid at his gate, full of sores,

John 11:5Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus, with Divine love.

John 12:1Then Jesus, six days before the passover came into Bethany, where Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from the dead, was,

John 12:17Then the multitude being with Him witnessed that He called Lazarus out of the sepulcher, and raised him from the dead.

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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