John 11:4
When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified through it.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
3Therefore his sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick.
5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
Cross References
Mark 5:39And when he had come in, he said to them, Why do you make this tumult, and weep? the child is not dead, but sleeps.
John 5:23That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He who does not honour the Son does not honour the Father who has sent him.
John 9:3Jesus answered, It was not that this man sinned, or his parents: but it was so the works of God would be made manifest in him.
John 11:40Jesus said to her, Did I not say to you, that, if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?
John 13:31When he had gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
John 17:5And now, O Father, glorify me together with you; with the glory which I had with you 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 →