Johannes 11:5

5 Jesus aber hatte Martha lieb und ihre Schwester und Lazarus.

Johannes 11:5 Meaning and Commentary

John 11:5

Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
] Not only with an everlasting love, a love of complacency and delight, an unchangeable one, and which never varies, nor will ever end, with which he loves all his people alike; but with a very great human affection, and which was very singular and peculiar to them: these were the intimate friends, and familiar acquaintance of Christ, whom he often visited, at whose house he frequently was when in those parts; they were very hospitable to him; they kindly received him into their houses, and generously entertained him, and which he returned in love to them: hence Nonnus paraphrases the words,

``Jesus loved the women, (filoxeinouv) , "who were lovers of hospitality", by the law of kindness.''

Johannes 11:5 In-Context

3 Da sandten seine Schwestern zu ihm und ließen ihm sagen: HERR, siehe, den du liebhast, der liegt krank.

4 Da Jesus das hörte, sprach er: Die Krankheit ist nicht zum Tode, sondern zur Ehre Gottes, daß der Sohn Gottes dadurch geehrt werde.

5 Jesus aber hatte Martha lieb und ihre Schwester und Lazarus.

6 Als er nun hörte, daß er krank war, blieb er zwei Tage an dem Ort, da er war.

7 Darnach spricht er zu seinen Jüngern: Laßt uns wieder nach Judäa ziehen!