John 11:1

NOW there was a sick man, Lazarus, of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

2(It was the Mary who had anointed the Lord with the balm, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

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Cross References

Mark 11:1AND when he drew nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, to the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

Luke 16:20and there was a certain pauper, named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate covered with ulcers,

John 11:5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

John 12:1JESUS then before the days of the passover came to Bethany, where the deceased Lazarus was, whom he had raised from the dead.

John 12:17Then the multitude that was with him, when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bore their testimony.

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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