Johannes 11:4

4 En Jezus, dat horende, zeide: Deze krankheid is niet tot den dood, maar ter heerlijkheid Gods; opdat de Zone Gods door dezelve verheerlijkt worde.

Johannes 11:4 Meaning and Commentary

John 11:4

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, (Myyxl) , "for life"; and there are others that are "sick", the greater part of whom are, (htyml) , "for death" ^F26, 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 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 T. Bab. Kiddushin, fol. 71. 2.

Johannes 11:4 In-Context

2 (Maria nu was degene, die den Heere gezalfd heeft met zalf, en Zijn voeten afgedroogd heeft met haar haren; welker broeder Lazarus krank was.)

3 Zijn zusters dan zonden tot Hem, zeggende: Heere, zie, dien Gij liefhebt, is krank.

4 En Jezus, dat horende, zeide: Deze krankheid is niet tot den dood, maar ter heerlijkheid Gods; opdat de Zone Gods door dezelve verheerlijkt worde.

5 Jezus nu had Martha, en haar zuster, en Lazarus lief.

6 Als Hij dan gehoord had, dat hij krank was, toen bleef Hij nog twee dagen in de plaats, waar Hij was.