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John 11:5 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. "
John 11:5
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3 The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”
4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”
5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.
7 Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let’s go into Judea again.”
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Jesus
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Simon Peter Simon Peter is a disciple of Jesus.
Source: Matthew 10:1; Matthew 10:2
He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.
Read Matthew 10:1Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;
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Andrew Andrew is a disciple of Jesus.
Source: Matthew 10:1; Matthew 10:2
He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.
Read Matthew 10:1Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;
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James, son of Zebedee James is a disciple of Jesus.
Source: Matthew 10:1; Matthew 10:2
He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.
Read Matthew 10:1Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;
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John, son of Zebedee John is a disciple of Jesus.
Source: Matthew 10:1; Matthew 10:2
He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.
Read Matthew 10:1Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;
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Mary, mother of Jesus Mary is the mother of Jesus.
Source: Matthew 1:18
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
Read Matthew 1:18
Martha
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Mary of Bethany Mary of Bethany is the sister of Martha.
Source: John 11:1
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
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Lazarus of Bethany Lazarus of Bethany is the brother of Martha.
Source: John 11:1; John 11:2; John 11:3
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
Read John 11:1It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
Read John 11:2The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”
Read John 11:3
Lazarus of Bethany
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Mary of Bethany Lazarus of Bethany is the brother of Mary of Bethany.
Source: John 11:2
It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
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Martha Lazarus of Bethany is the brother of Martha.
Source: John 11:1; John 11:2; John 11:3
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
Read John 11:1It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
Read John 11:2The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”
Read John 11:3
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John 11:1
"Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha."
John 11:2
"It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick."
John 11:3
"The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”"
John 11:4
"But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”"
John 11:6
"When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was."
John 11:7
"Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let’s go into Judea again.”"
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