Yohanes 11:4

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Ketika Yesus mendengar kabar itu, Ia berkata: "Penyakit itu tidak akan membawa kematian, tetapi akan menyatakan kemuliaan Allah, sebab oleh penyakit itu Anak Allah akan dimuliakan."

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Ketika Yesus mendengar kabar itu, Ia berkata: "Penyakit itu tidak akan membawa kematian, tetapi akan menyatakan kemuliaan Allah, sebab oleh penyakit itu Anak Allah akan dimuliakan."

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Tetapi ketika Yesus mendengar demikian, maka kata-Nya, "Penyakit ini tiada membawa kepada maut, melainkan oleh sebab kemuliaan Allah, supaya Anak Allah dipermuliakan oleh karena itu."

Contextual Overview

¹ A certayne man was sicke, named Lazarus of Bethanie, the towne of Marie and her sister Martha. ² (It was that Marie which anoynted ye Lorde with oyntment, and wyped his feete with her heere, whose brother Lazarus was sicke.) ³ Therfore, his sisters sent vnto hym, saying: Lorde, beholde, he whom thou louest is sicke. ⁴ When Iesus hearde that, he sayde, this infirmitie is not vnto death: but for the glory of God, that the sonne of God, myght be glorified therby. ⁵ Iesus loued Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. ⁶ When he had hearde therfore that he was sicke, he abode two dayes styll in the same place where he was. ⁷ Then after that, sayde he to his disciples: Let vs go into Iurie agayne. ⁸ His disciples sayde vnto hym: Maister, the Iewes lately sought to stone thee, and wylt thou go thither agayne? ⁹ Iesus aunswered: Are there not twelue houres of the day? If any man walke in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the lyght of this worlde. ¹⁰ But yf a man walke in the nyght, he stumbleth, because there is no lyght in hym.

Bible Verse Review
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This: John 9:3, Mark 5:39-42, Romans 11:11

for: John 11:40, John 9:24, John 12:28, John 13:31, John 13:32, Philippians 1:11, 1 Peter 4:11, 1 Peter 4:14

that: John 2:11, John 5:23, John 8:54, John 13:31, John 13:32, John 17:1, John 17:5, John 17:10, Philippians 1:20, 1 Peter 1:21

Reciprocal: Exodus 16:7 - ye shall 1 Kings 17:17 - the son of the woman Psalms 118:17 - die Matthew 9:24 - not Luke 8:52 - she John 7:18 - seeketh his glory John 8:49 - but John 11:15 - to Acts 9:37 - she was Acts 9:42 - and many Philippians 2:27 - nigh 2 Thessalonians 1:10 - to be glorified

Cross-References

Genesis 6:4
But there were Giantes in those dayes in ye earth: yea & after that the sonnes of God came vnto the daughters of me, and hadde begotten chyldren of them, the same became myghtie men of the worlde, and men of renowme.

Genesis 11:8
And so the Lorde scattered them from that place into the vpper face of all the earth, and they left of to buylde that citie.

Genesis 11:9
And therfore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord dyd there confounde the language of all the earth: and from thence dyd the Lorde scatter them abrode vpon the face of all the earth.

Genesis 11:11
And Sem liued after he begat Arphaxad fiue hundreth yeres, and begat sonnes and daughters.

Genesis 11:13
And Arphaxad liued after he begat Selah, foure hundreth and three yeres: and begat sonnes and daughters.

Deuteronomy 1:28
Whyther shal we go vp? Our brethren haue discouraged our heart, saying: the people is greater and taller then we, the cities are great, and walled euen vp to heauen, and moreouer we haue seene the sonnes of the Anakims there.

Deuteronomy 4:27
And the Lord shall scatter you among the people, and ye shalbe left fewe in number among the nations whyther the Lorde shall bryng you.

Deuteronomy 9:1
Heare O Israel, thou passest ouer Iordane this day, to go in and possesse nations great and mightier then thy selfe, cities great and walled vp to heauen:

2 Samuel 8:13
And Dauid gat him a name after that he returned & had smitten of the Syrians in the valley of salt xviii. thousand men.

Psalms 92:9
For lo, thine enemies O God, lo thine enemies shall perishe: & all the workers of wickednesse shalbe destroyed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When Jesus heard that,.... That his friend Lazarus was sick,

he said; either to his disciples, or to the messenger or messengers that brought the account to him, and that on purpose to yield some relief to the afflicted family when it should be reported to them:

this sickness is not unto death; it was to issue in death, but not in death which was to continue, or under which Lazarus was to continue till the general resurrection; for though he should die, yet he should be so quickly restored again to life, that it scarcely deserved the name of death. The Jews distinguish between sickness and sickness; there are some that are sick, the greater part of whom are, לחיים, "for life"; and there are others that are "sick", the greater part of whom are, למיתה, "for death" z, or are sick unto death, whose sickness issues in death; but this of Lazarus's was not to be unto death, at least not finally:

but for the glory of God; of his power and goodness in raising him again:

that the Son of God might be glorified thereby; that is, that his glory, as the Son of God, might be made manifest in the resurrection of him from the dead; see John 2:11.

z T. Bab. Kiddushin, fol. 71. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This sickness is not unto death - The word “death” here is equivalent to remaining under death, Romans 6:23. “The wages of sin is death” - permanent or unchanging death, opposed to eternal life. Jesus evidently did not intend to deny that he would die. The words which he immediately adds show that he would expire, and that he would raise him up to show forth the power and glory of God. Compare John 11:11. Those words cannot be understood on any other supposition than that he expected to raise him up. The Saviour often used expressions similar to this to fix the attention on what he was about to say in explanation. The sense may be thus expressed: “His sickness is not fatal. It is not designed for his death, but to furnish an opportunity for a signal display of the glory of God, and to furnish a standing proof of the truth of religion. It is intended to exhibit the power of the Son of God, and to be a proof at once of the truth of his mission; of his friendship for this family; of his mild, tender, special love as a man; of his power and glory as the Messiah; and of the great doctrine that the dead will rise.

For the glory of God - That God may be honored. See John 9:3.

That the Son of God ... - The glory of God and of his Son is the same. That which promotes the one promotes also the other. Few things could do it more than the miracle which follows, evincing at once the lovely and tender character of Jesus as a man and a friend, and his power as the equal with God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 11:4. This sickness is not unto death — Not to final privation of life at this time; but a temporary death shall be now permitted, that the glory of God may appear in the miracle of his resurrection. It is very likely that this verse contains the message which Christ sent back, by the person whom the afflicted sisters had sent to him; and this, no doubt, served much to strengthen their confidence, though their faith must have been greatly exercised by the death of their brother: for when this took place, though they buried him, yet they believed, even then, probably on the ground of this message, that Jesus might raise him from the dead. See John 11:22.