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John 11:1
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Now a man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
Now a certaine man was sicke, named Lazarus of Bethanie, the towne of Mary, and her sister Martha.
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
Now a certain man was sick: Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in the town of Bethany, where Mary and her sister Martha lived.
Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
A man by the name of Lazarus was sick in the village of Bethany. He had two sisters, Mary and Martha. This was the same Mary who later poured perfume on the Lord's head and wiped his feet with her hair.
There was a man who had fallen sick. His name was El‘azar, and he came from Beit-Anyah, the village where Miryam and her sister Marta lived.
Now there was a certain [man] sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister.
There was a man named Lazarus who was sick. He lived in the town of Bethany, where Mary and her sister Martha lived.
And a certaine man was sicke, named Lazarus of Bethania, the towne of Marie, and her sister Martha.
NOW there was a man who was sick, Lazarus of the town of Bethany, the brother of Mary and Martha.
A man named Lazarus, who lived in Bethany, became sick. Bethany was the town where Mary and her sister Martha lived.
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
And there was a certain sick one, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill; he was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
Now a certain man was sick, El'azar from Beit-Anyah, of the village of Miryam and her sister, Marta.
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BUT a certain man was sick, Loozar, of the village Bethania: (he was) the brother of Mariam and of Martha.
And a certain man was sick, Lazarus of the town of Bethany, the brother of Mary and Martha.
A certayne man was sicke, named Lazarus of Bethanie, the towne of Marie and her sister Martha.
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
Now one Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha, was sick.
Now a certain man, named Lazarus, of Bethany, was lying ill-- Bethany being the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
And ther was a sijk man, Lazarus of Bethanye, of the castel of Marie and Martha, hise sistris.
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
Now a certain [man] was sick, [named] Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha.
A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in the town of Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha.
Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister.
Now there was a certain man sick, named Lazarus, of Bethania, of the town of Mary and of Martha her sister.
Now a certain man was ill, Laz'arus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
A certayne man was sicke named Lazarus of Bethania the toune of Mary and her sister Martha.
And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister --
There laye one sicke, named Lazarus of Bethania, in ye towne of Mary & hir sister Martha.
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, who was of Bethany, the town of Mary, and of Martha her sister.
A man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. This was the same Mary who massaged the Lord's feet with aromatic oils and then wiped them with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus who was sick. So the sisters sent word to Jesus, "Master, the one you love so very much is sick."
There was a man named Lazarus from a little town called Bethany. Lazarus was sick. He was the brother of Mary and Martha.
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Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Now: The raising of Lazarus from the dead, being a work of Christ beyond measure great, the most stupendous of all he had hitherto performed, and beyond all others calculated to evince his Divine majesty, was therefore purposely recorded by the Evangelist John; while it was omitted by the other Evangelists, probably, as Grotius supposes, because they wrote their histories during the life of Lazarus, and they did not mention him for fear of exciting the malice of the Jews against him; as we find from John 12:10, that they sought to put him to death, that our Lord might not have such a monument of his power and goodness remaining in the land.
was sick: John 11:3, John 11:6, Genesis 48:1, 2 Kings 20:1-12, Acts 9:37
Lazarus: John 11:5, John 11:11, John 12:2, John 12:9, John 12:17, Luke 16:20-25
Bethany: John 12:1, Matthew 21:17, Mark 11:1
Mary: Luke 10:38-42
Reciprocal: Isaiah 38:1 - was Hezekiah Matthew 26:6 - in Bethany
Cross-References
In that day there are five cities in the land of Egypt, || Speaking the lip of Canaan, || And swearing to YHWH of Hosts, || "The city of destruction," is said of one.
For then I turn a pure lip to peoples, || To call all of them by the Name of YHWH, || To serve Him [with] one shoulder.
and the rumor of this having come, the multitude came together, and was confounded, because they were, each one, hearing them speaking in his proper dialect,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Now a certain man was sick,.... Very likely of a fever; Nonnus calls it a morbid fire, a hot and burning disease:
[named] Lazarus of Bethany; for his name, which the Ethiopic version reads "Eleazar", and the Persic version "Gazarus",
:-; and for the place Bethany, :-,
:-.
The town of Mary and her sister Martha; where they were both born, as well as Lazarus, or at least where they dwelt; of the former, some account is, given in the next verse, and of the latter,
:-.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A certain man was sick - The resurrection of Lazarus has been recorded only by John. Various reasons have been conjectured why the other evangelists did not mention so signal a miracle. The most probable is, that at the time they wrote Lazarus was still living. The miracle was well known, and yet to have recorded it might have exposed Lazarus to opposition and persecution from the Jews. See John 12:10-11. Besides, John wrote for Christians who were out of Palestine. The other gospels were written chiefly for those who were in Judea. There was the more need, therefore, that he should enter minutely into the account of the miracle, while the others did not deem it necessary or proper to record an event so well known.
Bethany - A village on the eastern declivity of the Mount of Olives. See the notes at Matthew 21:1.
The town of Mary - The place where she lived. At that place also lived Simon the leper Matthew 26:6, and there our Lord spent considerable part of his time when he was in Judea. The transaction recorded in this chapter occurred nearly four months after those mentioned in the previous chapter. Those occurred in December, and these at the approach of the Passover in April.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XI.
Account of the sickness of Lazarus, 1.
His sisters Martha and Mary send for Christ, 2.
Our Lord's discourse with his disciples on this sickness and
consequent death, 3-16.
He arrives at Bethany four days after the burying of Lazarus,
17, 18.
Martha meets Christ-their conversation, 19-27.
She returns and Mary goes out to meet him, in great distress,
28-33.
Christ comes to the grave-his conversation there, 34-42.
He raises Lazarus from the dead, 43-46.
The priests and Pharisees, hearing of this, hold a council, and
plot his destruction, 47, 48.
The remarkable prophecy of Caiaphas, and the consequent
proceedings of the Jews, 49-53.
Jesus withdraws into a city called Ephraim, 54.
They lay wait for him at the passover, 55-67.
NOTES ON CHAP. XI.
Verse John 11:1. Lazarus, of Bethany — St. John, who seldom relates any thing but what the other evangelists have omitted, does not tell us what gave rise to that familiar acquaintance and friendship that subsisted between our Lord and this family. It is surprising that the other evangelists have omitted so remarkable an account as this is, in which some of the finest traits in our Lord's character are exhibited. The conjecture of Grotius has a good deal of weight. He thinks that the other three evangelists wrote their histories during the life of Lazarus; and that they did not mention him for fear of exciting the malice of the Jews against him. And indeed we find, from John 12:10, that they sought to put Lazarus to death also, that our Lord might not have one monument of his power and goodness remaining in the land. Probably both Lazarus and his sisters were dead before St. John wrote. Bethany was situated at the foot of the mount of Olives, about two miles from Jerusalem. Bishop Pearce observes that "there is a large gap in John's history of Christ in this place. What is mentioned in the preceding chapter passed at the feast of the dedication, John 10:22, about the middle of our December; and this miracle of raising Lazarus from the dead seems to have been wrought but a little before the following passover, in the end of March, at which time Jesus was crucified, as may (he thinks) be gathered from verses John 11:54 and John 11:55 of this chapter, John 11:54-55, and from John 12:9." John has, therefore, according to the bishop's calculation, omitted to mention the several miracles which our Lord wrought for above three months after the things mentioned in the preceding chapter.
Calmet says, Christ left Jerusalem the day after the dedication took place, which was the 18th of December. He event then to Bethabara, where he continued preaching and his disciples baptizing. About the middle of the following January Lazarus fell sick: Christ did not leave Bethabara till after the death of Lazarus, which happened about the 18th of the same month.
Bishop Newcome supposes that our Lord might have stayed about a month at Bethabara.
The harmonists and chronologists differ much in fixing dates, and ascertaining times. In cases of this nature, I believe men may innocently guess as well as they can; but they should assert nothing.
