John 11:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

When Jesus heard [that], he said, ‹This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.›

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  • John 11:40 : 40 Jesus saith unto her, ‹Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?›
  • John 9:3 : 3 Jesus answered, ‹Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.›
  • John 13:31-32 : 31 ¶ Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, ‹Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.› 32 ‹If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.›
  • Mark 5:39-42 : 39 And when he was come in, he saith unto them, ‹Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.› 40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying. 41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, ‹Talitha cumi;› which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise. 42 And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was [of the age] of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.
  • John 2:11 : 11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
  • John 5:23 : 23 ‹That all› [men] ‹should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.›
  • John 8:54 : 54 Jesus answered, ‹If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:›
  • John 17:5 : 5 ‹And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.›
  • John 17:10 : 10 ‹And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.›
  • Rom 11:11 : 11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but [rather] through their fall salvation [is come] unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
  • Phil 1:11 : 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
  • Phil 1:20 : 20 According to my earnest expectation and [my] hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether [it be] by life, or by death.
  • 1 Pet 1:21 : 21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
  • 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 If any man speak, [let him speak] as the oracles of God; if any man minister, [let him do it] as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
  • 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy [are ye]; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
  • John 9:24 : 24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
  • John 12:28 : 28 ‹Father, glorify thy name.› Then came there a voice from heaven, [saying], I have both glorified [it], and will glorify [it] again.
  • John 17:1 : 1 ¶ These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, ‹Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:›

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  • John 11:1-3
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    1¶ Now a certain [man] was sick, [named] Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

    2(It was [that] Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

    3Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

  • John 11:5-6
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    5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

    6When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.

  • John 11:11-15
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    11These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, ‹Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.›

    12Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.

    13Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.

    14Then said Jesus unto them plainly, ‹Lazarus is dead.›

    15‹And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.›

  • John 11:29-44
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    29As soon as she heard [that], she arose quickly, and came unto him.

    30Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.

    31The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.

    32Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

    33¶ When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,

    34And said, ‹Where have ye laid him?› They said unto him, Lord, come and see.

    35Jesus wept.

    36Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!

    37And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?

    38Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

    39Jesus said, ‹Take ye away the stone.› Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been [dead] four days.

    40Jesus saith unto her, ‹Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?›

    41Then they took away the stone [from the place] where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up [his] eyes, and said, ‹Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.›

    42‹And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said› [it], ‹that they may believe that thou hast sent me.›

    43And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, ‹Lazarus, come forth.›

    44And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, ‹Loose him, and let him go.›

  • John 11:19-26
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    19And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

    20Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat [still] in the house.

    21Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

    22But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give [it] thee.

    23Jesus saith unto her, ‹Thy brother shall rise again.›

    24Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

    25Jesus said unto her, ‹I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:›

    26‹And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?›

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  • John 12:9-10
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    9Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

    10But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;

  • John 12:17-18
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    17The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.

    18For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle.

  • John 4:46-47
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    46So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

    47When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.

  • John 4:49
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    49The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

  • John 12:23
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    23And Jesus answered them, saying, ‹The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.›

  • John 21:19
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    19This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, ‹Follow me.›

  • John 9:3
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    3Jesus answered, ‹Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.›

  • John 4:54
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    54This [is] again the second miracle [that] Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.

  • Mark 5:39
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  • John 12:28
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  • John 13:32
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