John 11:4
When Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not for death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
3The sisters therefore sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
Cross References
Mark 5:39And entering in he saith, Why make ye this uproar, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
John 5:23in order that all may honour the Son, just as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him.
John 9:3Jesus answered, Neither hath this man been in fault, nor his parents; but it is in order to make manifest the works of God in him.
John 11:40Jesus saith unto her, Did I not tell thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?
John 13:31When therefore he was gone, Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
John 17:5And now, Father, do thou glorify me with thyself in the glory which I held 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 →