The Bible Software
bible.software › John › John 11 › John 11:4

John 11:4

When Iesus hearde yt he sayd: this infirmite is not vnto deth but for ye laude of God that the sonne of God myght be praysed by the reason of it.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3and his sisters sent vnto him sayinge. Lorde behold he whom thou lovest is sicke.

5Iesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

Read all of John 11

Cross References

Mark 5:39and went in and sayde vnto them: why make ye this adoo and wepe? The mayde is not deed but slepith.

John 5:23because that all men shuld honoure the sonne eve as they honoure the father. He that honoureth not ye sonne the same honoureth not the father which hath sent him.

John 9:3Iesus answered: Nether hath this man synned nor yet his father and mother: but that the workes of God shuld be shewed on him.

John 11:40Iesus sayde vnto her: Sayde I not vnto the yt if thou didest beleve thou shuldest se ye glory of God.

John 13:31Whe he was gone out Iesus sayde: now is the sonne of man glorified. And God is glorified by him.

John 17:5And now glorify me thou father wt thyn awne selfe with the glory which I had with ye yerre ye worlde 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)聖書 (日本語)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBiblia TakatifuBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)

Study John 11:4

Matthew HenryJamieson-Fausset-BrownAdam ClarkeAlbert BarnesJohn WesleyJohn CalvinScofieldWilliam BurkittFamily Bible NotesThe Fourfold GospelJohn LightfootGeneva Bible Notes (1599)
← John 11:3John 11John 11:5 →