John 11:1

Now there was a certain person sick, to wit, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and Martha her sister.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

In Context

2(And it was Mary, that anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

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Cross References

Mark 11:1And when they came near to Jerusalem, even to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, He sendeth two of his disciples,

Luke 16:20And there was a poor man named Lazarus,

John 11:5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

John 12:1Jesus however, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, and whom He raised from the dead.

John 12:17And the people that were with Him testified, that He called Lazarus out of the grave, and raised him from the dead:

Matthew Henry on John 11:1

In this chapter we have the history of that illustrious miracle which Christ wrought a little before his death—the raising of Lazarus to life, which is recorded only by this evangelist; for the other three confine themselves to what Christ did in Galilee, where he resided most, and scarcely ever carried their history into Jerusalem till the passion-week: whereas John's memoirs relate chiefly to what passed at Jerusalem; this passage therefore was reserved for his pen. Some suggest that, when the other evangelists… Read the whole commentary →

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