John 11:4
And Jesus hearing said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
3Then the sisters sent to Him, saying, Lord, behold the one whom thou lovest is sick.
5Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus, with Divine love.
Cross References
Mark 5:39and having come in, He says to them, Why are you excited and weeping? The child is not dead, but sleepeth.
John 5:23in order that all may honor the Son, as they may honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father who sent Him.
John 9:3Jesus responded, Neither did he nor his parents sin; but that the works of God may be made manifest in him.
John 11:40Jesus says to her; Did I not tell thee, that, if thou canst believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?
John 13:31Then when he went out, Jesus says, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him.
John 17:5And now, Father, glorify thou me with thyself with the glory 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 →