5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
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As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. …
For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
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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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