1Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
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The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.
Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. …
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. …
Much 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.
These 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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-16)We have in these verses, I. A particular account of the parties principally concerned in this story, John 11:1 , 2 . 1. They lived at Bethany , a village nor far from Jerusalem, where Christ usually lodged when he came up to the feasts. It is here called the town of Mary and Martha , that is, the town where they dwelt, as Bethsaida is called the city of Andrew and Peter , John 1:44. For I see no r…
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