John 11:4
and, when Jesus heard it, he said: “This illness is not to end in death, but is to redound to the honour of God, in order that the Son of God may be honoured through it.”
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
3The sisters, therefore, sent this message to Jesus — ‘Master, your friend is ill’;
5Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.
Cross References
Mark 5:39“Why this confusion and weeping?” he said on entering. “The little child is not dead; she is asleep.”
John 5:23So that all men may honour the Son, just as they honour the Father. He who does not honour the Son fails to honour the Father who sent him.
John 9:3“Neither the man nor the parents,” replied Jesus; “but he was born blind that the work of God should be made plain in him.
John 11:40“Did not I tell you,” replied Jesus, “that, if you would believe in me, you should see the glory of God?”
John 13:31When Judas had gone out, Jesus said: “Now the Son of Man has been exalted, and God has been exalted through him;
John 17:5and now do thou honour me, Father, at thy own side, with the honour which I had at thy side before the world began.
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 →