John 11:4
But when Jesus heard it, He said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
3His sisters therefore 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 was come in, He saith unto them, Why do ye take on thus and weep? the child is not dead, but asleep.
John 5:23that all men may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father: he, that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father that sent Him.
John 9:3Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents: but that the works of God might be manifested in him.
John 11:40Jesus saith unto her, Did I not tell thee, that if thou believest, thou shalt see the glory of God?
John 13:31And 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 Thou me with thine own self, with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was made.
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 →