John 11:5

Easy-to-Read Version

Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now Jesus loved Martha, her sister, and Lazarus.

King James Version (1611)
Now Iesus loued Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

King James Version
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

English Standard Version
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

New American Standard Bible
(Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.)

New Century Version
Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

Amplified Bible
Now Jesus loved and was concerned about Martha and her sister and Lazarus [and considered them dear friends].

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

Berean Standard Bible
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus loved Martha and her sister and brother.

Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua loved Marta and her sister and El‘azar;

Darby Translation
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe Iesus loued Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.

George Lamsa Translation
Now Jesus loved Martha and Mary and Lazarus.

Good News Translation
Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

Lexham English Bible
(Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.)

Literal Translation
And Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

American Standard Version
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

Bible in Basic English
Now Jesus had love in his heart for Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

Hebrew Names Version
Now Yeshua loved Marta, and her sister, and El'azar.

International Standard Version
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

Etheridge Translation
But Jeshu loved Martha and Mariam and Loozar.

Murdock Translation
Now Jesus loved Martha and Mary, and Lazarus.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus loued Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

English Revised Version
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

World English Bible
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. So after he had heard that he was sick,

Weymouth's New Testament
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jhesus louyde Martha, and hir sistir Marie, and Lazarus.

Update Bible Version
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

New English Translation
(Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.)

New King James Version
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

New Living Translation
So although Jesus loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus,

New Life Bible
Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

New Revised Standard
Accordingly, though Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister Mary and Lazarus.

Revised Standard Version
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Laz'arus.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus loued Martha & hir sister, & Lazarus.

Mace New Testament (1729)
now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

THE MESSAGE
Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, but oddly, when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed on where he was for two more days. After the two days, he said to his disciples, "Let's go back to Judea."

Simplified Cowboy Version
Now Jesus loved Mary and Martha like sisters. He loved Lazarus like a brother.

Contextual Overview

¹ There was a man named Lazarus who was sick. He lived in the town of Bethany, where Mary and her sister Martha lived. ² (Mary is the same woman who put perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) Mary's brother was Lazarus, the man who was now sick. ³ So Mary and Martha sent someone to tell Jesus, "Lord, your dear friend Lazarus is sick." ⁴ When Jesus heard this he said, "The end of this sickness will not be death. No, this sickness is for the glory of God. This has happened to bring glory to the Son of God." ⁵ Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. ⁶ So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days ⁷ and then said to his followers, "We should go back to Judea." ⁸ They answered, "But Teacher, those Jews there tried to stone you to death. That was only a short time ago. Now you want to go back there?" ⁹ Jesus answered, "There are twelve hours of light in the day. Whoever walks in the day will not stumble and fall because they can see with the light from the sun. ¹⁰ But whoever walks at night will stumble because there is no light."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

loved: John 11:8, John 11:36, John 15:9-13, John 16:27, John 17:26

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 4:20 - and then died Daniel 10:19 - O man Matthew 8:24 - but John 11:1 - Lazarus John 13:23 - whom

Cross-References

Genesis 11:13
After Shelah was born, Arphaxad lived 403 years. During that time he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:14
After Shelah was 30 years old, his son Eber was born.

Genesis 11:23
After Nahor was born, Serug lived another 200 years. During that time he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:24
After Nahor was 29 years old, his son Terah was born.

Genesis 18:21
I will go and see if they are as bad as I have heard. Then I will know for sure."

Exodus 3:8
Now I will go down and save my people from the Egyptians. I will take them from that land and lead them to a good land where they can be free from these troubles. It is a land filled with many good things. Many different people live in that land: the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Exodus 19:11
and be ready for me on the third day. On the third day, the Lord will come down to Mount Sinai. And all the people will see me.

Exodus 19:18
Mount Sinai was covered with smoke. Smoke rose off the mountain like smoke from a furnace. This happened because the Lord came down to the mountain in fire. Also the whole mountain began to shake.

Exodus 19:20
So the Lord came down to Mount Sinai. He came from heaven to the top of the mountain. Then he called Moses to come up to the top of the mountain with him. So Moses went up the mountain.

Psalms 11:4
The Lord is in his holy temple. The Lord sits on his throne in heaven. He sees everything that happens. He watches people closely.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. Not only with an everlasting love, a love of complacency and delight, an unchangeable one, and which never varies, nor will ever end, with which he loves all his people alike; but with a very great human affection, and which was very singular and peculiar to them: these were the intimate friends, and familiar acquaintance of Christ, whom he often visited, at whose house he frequently was when in those parts; they were very hospitable to him; they kindly received him into their houses, and generously entertained him, and which he returned in love to them: hence Nonnus paraphrases the words,

"Jesus loved the women, φιλοξεινους, "who were lovers of hospitality", by the law of kindness.''

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 11:5. Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. — Therefore his staying two days longer in Bethabara was not through lack of affection for this distressed family, but merely that he might have a more favourable opportunity of proving to them how much he loved them. Christ never denies a less favour, but in order to confer a greater. God's delays, in answering prayers offered to him by persons in distress, are often proofs of his purpose to confer some great kindness, and they are also proofs that his wisdom finds it necessary to permit an increase of the affliction, that his goodness may be more conspicuous in its removal.