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", (See Gill on Luke 16:24); and for the place Bethany, (See Gill on Matthew 21:1), (See Gill on Matthew 21:17). 
 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, (See Gill on Luke 10:38).