John 11:3

And his two sisters sent to Jesus, and said: Our Lord, he whom thou lovest is sick.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

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.

4And Jesus said: This sickness is not that of death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it.

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Cross References

John 11:1And a certain man was sick, Lazarus of the town of Bethany, the brother of Mary and Martha.

John 11:11These things said Jesus, and afterwards he said to them: Lazarus our friend reposeth. But I go to awake him.

John 13:23And there was one of his disciples, who was reclining on his bosom, he whom Jesus loved;

2 Timothy 4:20Erastus hath stopped at Corinth; and Trophimus I left sick at the city of Miletus.

James 5:14And if one is sick, let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray for him, and anoint him with oil in the name of our Lord:

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 →

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