John 11:5
3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”
4 When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,
7 and then He said to the disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
- KJV
- Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
- WEB
- Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
- ASV
- Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
- DARBY
- Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
- BLB
- Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
- ÅB
- Men Jesus elsket Marta og hennes søster og Lasarus.
- OTB
- Jesus hadde en dyp hengivenhet for Marta, hennes søster, og Lasarus.
- B1930
- Men Jesus elsket Marta og hennes søster og Lasarus.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 15:9–13
As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.
Read in contextJohn 11:36
Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
Read in contextJohn 17:26
And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”
Read in contextJohn 16:27
For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.
Read in contextJohn 11:8
“Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”
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