John 11:4
And 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.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
3And his two sisters sent to Jesus, and said: Our Lord, he whom thou lovest is sick.
5Now Jesus loved Martha and Mary, and Lazarus.
Cross References
Mark 5:39And he entered in and said to them: Why are ye in a tumult, and weep? The maid is not dead, but is asleep.
John 5:23that every man may honor the Son, as he honoreth the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father that sent him.
John 9:3Jesus said to them: Neither did he sin, nor his parents; but that the works of God might be seen in him.
John 11:40Jesus said to her: Did I not tell thee, that if thou wouldst believe, thou shouldst see the glory of God?
John 13:31And Jesus said: Now is the Son of man glorified; and God is glorified in him.
John 17:5And now, my Father, glorify thou me, with that 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 →