John 11:4
And Jesus heard, and said to them, This sickness is not to the death, but for the glory of God, (so) that man’s Son be glorified by him [or (so) that God’s Son be glorified by it].
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
In Context
3Therefore his sisters sent to him, and said, Lord, lo! he whom thou lovest, is sick.
5And Jesus loved Martha, and her sister Mary, and Lazarus.
Cross References
Mark 5:39And he went in, and said to them, What be ye troubled (about), and weep? (or Why be ye troubled, and weep?) The damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
John 5:23(so) that all men honour the Son, as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father that sent him.
John 9:3Jesus answered, Neither this man sinned, neither his elders, [or Neither this man sinned, neither his father and mother]; but that the works of God be showed in him.
John 11:40Jesus saith to her, Have I not said to thee, that if thou believest, thou shalt see the glory of God?
John 13:31Therefore when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now man’s Son is clarified, and God is clarified in him. (And so when Judas had gone out, Jesus said, Now man’s Son is glorified, and God is glorified in him.)
John 17:5And now, Father, clarify thou me at thyself, with the clearness that I had at thee, before the world was made. (And now, Father, glorify me before thee, or in thy presence, with the glory that 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 →