John 11:1-9

The Death of Lazarus

1 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.)
3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.”
4 When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.”
5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days,
7 and then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”
8 “But Rabbi,” they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you, and yet you are going back?”
9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light.

Cross References 9

  • 1. S Matthew 21:17
  • 2. Luke 10:38
  • 3. Mark 14:3; Luke 7:38; John 12:3
  • 4. ver 5,36
  • 5. ver 40; John 9:3
  • 6. John 10:40
  • 7. S Matthew 23:7
  • 8. John 8:59; John 10:31
  • 9. John 9:4; John 12:35
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