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 may be glorified by it.
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In Context
3Therefore his sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
Cross References
Mark 5:39And when he had come in, he saith to them, Why make ye this tumult, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
John 5:23That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father who hath sent him.
John 9:3Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
John 11:40Jesus saith to her, Said I not to thee, that if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
John 13:31Therefore when 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 thou me with thy ownself, with the 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 →