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John 11:3 KJV
John · chapter 11 · verse 3
Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.John 11:3 · King James Version
John 11:3 in context
1Now 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.)
3Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
4When 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.
5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sistersadelphēa full, own sister, one connected by the tie of the Christian religionG79 →
- sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- beholdidebehold, seeG2396 →
- lovestphileōto love, to approve of, to like, sanction, to treat affectionately or kindly, to welcome…G5368 →
- sentapostellōto order to go to a place appointed, to send away, dismiss, to allow one to depart, that…G649 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
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We have in these verses, I. A particular account of the parties principally concerned in this story, Joh 11:1, Joh 11:2. 1. They lived at Bethany, a village nor far from Jerusalem, where Christ usually lodged when he came up to the feasts.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-16