John 11:1 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

John 11:1

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

(It was {that} Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

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John 11:2

"(It was {that} Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)"

John 11:3

"Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick."

John 11:4

"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."

John 11:5

"Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus."

John 11:6

"When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was."

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