John 11:4
Jesus received the message and said, "This illness is not to end in death, but is to promote the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified by it."
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
3So the sisters sent to Him to say, "Master, he whom you hold dear is ill."
5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
Cross References
Mark 5:39He goes in. "Why all this outcry and loud weeping?" He asks; "the child is asleep, not dead."
John 5:23that all may honour the Son even as they honour the Father. The man who withholds honour from the Son withholds honour from the Father who sent Him.
John 9:3"Neither he nor his parents sinned," answered Jesus, "but he was born blind in order that God's mercy might be openly shown in him.
John 11:40"Did I not promise you," replied Jesus, "that if you believe, you shall see the glory of God?"
John 13:31So when he was gone out, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him.
John 17:5And now, Father, do Thou glorify me in Thine own presence, with the glory that I had in Thy presence before the world existed.
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 →