John 11:4
and Jesus having heard, said, 'This ailment is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3therefore sent the sisters unto him, saying, 'Sir, lo, he whom thou dost love is ailing;'
5And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,
Cross References
Mark 5:39and having gone in he saith to them, 'Why do ye make a tumult, and weep? the child did not die, but doth sleep;
John 5:23that all may honour the Son according as they honour the Father; he who is not honouring the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him.
John 9:3Jesus answered, 'Neither did this one sin nor his parents, but that the works of God may be manifested in him;
John 11:40Jesus saith to her, 'Said I not to thee, that if thou mayest believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?'
John 13:31When, therefore, he went forth, Jesus saith, 'Now was the Son of Man glorified, and God was glorified in him;
John 17:5'And now, glorify me, Thou Father, with Thyself, with the glory that I had before the world was, with Thee;
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 →