John 11:1

And a certain man was sick, Lazarus of the town of Bethany, the brother of Mary and Martha.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

2It was that Mary who anointed the feet of Jesus with perfume, and wiped them with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

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Cross References

Mark 11:1And as they approached Jerusalem, near by Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

Luke 16:20And there was a certain poor man, whose name was Lazarus; and he was laid at the gate of the rich man, smitten with ulcers.

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

John 12:1And six days before the passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where was that Lazarus whom Jesus raised from the dead.

John 12:17And the multitude that had been with him, testified that he had called Lazarus from the grave, 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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