4When 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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Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
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.
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.
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
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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