John 11:4
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.
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3Therefore his sisters sent unto 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 was come in, he says unto them, Why make all of you this disturbance, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleeps.
John 5:23That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honors not the Son honors not the Father which has sent him.
John 9:3Jesus answered, Neither has this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
John 11:40Jesus says unto her, Said I not unto you, that, if you would believe, you should see the glory of God?
John 13:31Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
John 17:5And now, O Father, glorify you me with yours own self 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 →