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John 11:3

Therefore his sisters sent vnto him, saying, Lord, beholde, he whome thou louest, is sicke.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Family;   Friendship;   Jesus, the Christ;   Lazarus;   Miracles;   Readings, Select;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dead, the;   Faith;   Faith-Unbelief;   Hindrances;   Miracles;   Mortality-Immortality;   Resurrection;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Afflictions Made Beneficial;   Families;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bethany;   Lazarus;   Mary;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John, gospel of;   Lazarus;   Love;   Martha;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Friend, Friendship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Lazarus;   Martha;   Holman Bible Dictionary - John, the Gospel of;   Lazarus;   Life;   Martha;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bethany;   Lazarus;   Love, Lover, Lovely, Beloved;   Martha;   Mary;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Dominion (2);   Hospitality;   Lazarus;   Love;   Martha ;   Mary;   Names and Titles of Christ;   Pity;   Poverty (2);   Reserve;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Lazarus ;   Mary, Sister of Lazarus and Martha;   New Testament;   8 To Love, Have Affection for;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Bethany;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lazarus;   Martha;   Smith Bible Dictionary - John, Gospel of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bethabara;   Lazarus;   Martha;   Peraea;   Truth;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for April 7;   Every Day Light - Devotion for October 16;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the sisters sent a message to him: “Lord, the one you love is sick.”
King James Version (1611)
Therefore his sister sent vnto him, saying, Lord, behold, hee whom thou louest, is sicke.
King James Version
Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
English Standard Version
So the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom you love is ill."
New American Standard Bible
So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick."
New Century Version
So Mary and Martha sent someone to tell Jesus, "Lord, the one you love is sick."
Amplified Bible
So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, "Lord, he [our brother and Your friend] whom You love is sick."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick."
Legacy Standard Bible
So the sisters sent to Him, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick."
Berean Standard Bible
So the sisters sent word to Jesus, "Lord, the one You love is sick."
Contemporary English Version
The sisters sent a message to the Lord and told him that his good friend Lazarus was sick.
Complete Jewish Bible
So the sisters sent a message to Yeshua, "Lord, the man you love is sick."
Darby Translation
The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Mary and Martha sent someone to tell Jesus, "Lord, your dear friend Lazarus is sick."
George Lamsa Translation
His two sisters therefore sent to Jesus, saying, Our Lord, behold, the one whom you love is sick.
Good News Translation
The sisters sent Jesus a message: "Lord, your dear friend is sick."
Lexham English Bible
So the sisters sent word to him, saying, "Lord, behold, the one whom you love is sick."
Literal Translation
Then the sisters sent to Him, saying, Lord, behold, the one whom You love is sick.
American Standard Version
The sisters therefore sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
Bible in Basic English
So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill.
Hebrew Names Version
The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, "Lord, behold, he for whom you have affection is sick."
International Standard Version
So the sisters sent word to Jesus,sent to him
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Etheridge Translation
And his two sisters sent unto Jeshu, saying, Our Lord, he whom thou lovest is sick.
Murdock Translation
And his two sisters sent to Jesus, and said: Our Lord, he whom thou lovest is sick.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore, his sisters sent vnto hym, saying: Lorde, beholde, he whom thou louest is sicke.
English Revised Version
The sisters therefore sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
World English Bible
The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, "Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
saying, Lord, behold he whom thou lovest is sick.
Weymouth's New Testament
So the sisters sent to Him to say, "Master, he whom you hold dear is ill."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor hise sistris senten to hym, and seide, Lord, lo! he whom thou louest, is sijk.
Update Bible Version
The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, Lord, look, he whom you love is sick.
Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore his sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
New English Translation
So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, "Lord, look, the one you love is sick."
New King James Version
Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick."
New Living Translation
So the two sisters sent a message to Jesus telling him, "Lord, your dear friend is very sick."
New Life Bible
The sisters sent word to Jesus, saying, "Lord, your friend is sick!"
New Revised Standard
So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, "Lord, he whom you love is ill."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sisters, therefore, sent out unto him, saying - Lord, see! he whom thou tenderly lovest, is sick.
Douay-Rheims Bible
His sisters therefore sent to him, saying: Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
Revised Standard Version
So the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom you love is ill."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and his sisters sent vnto him sayinge. Lorde behold he whom thou lovest is sicke.
Young's Literal Translation
therefore sent the sisters unto him, saying, `Sir, lo, he whom thou dost love is ailing;'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The sent his sisters vnto hi, & sayde: LORDE, beholde, he who thou louest lyeth sicke.
Mace New Testament (1729)
his two sisters therefore sent this message to Jesus; he, Lord, whom you love, is sick.
Simplified Cowboy Version
The two sisters sent a message to Jesus telling him of their brother's deathly illness.

Contextual Overview

1 And a certaine man was sicke, named Lazarus of Bethania, the towne of Marie, and her sister Martha. 2 (And it was that Mary which anointed the Lord with oyntment, and wiped his feete with her heare, whose brother Lazarus was sicke.) 3 Therefore his sisters sent vnto him, saying, Lord, beholde, he whome thou louest, is sicke. 4 When Iesus heard it, he saide, This sickenes is not vnto death, but for the glorie of God, that the Sonne of God might be glorified thereby. 5 Nowe Iesus loued Martha and her sister, and Lazarus. 6 And after he had heard that he was sicke, yet abode hee two dayes still in the same place where he was. 7 Then after that, said he to his disciples, Let vs goe into Iudea againe. 8 The disciples saide vnto him, Master, the Iewes lately sought to stone thee, and doest thou goe thither againe? 9 Iesus answered, Are there not twelue houres in the day? If a man walke in the day, hee stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. 10 But if a man walke in the night, hee stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he: John 11:1, John 11:5, John 13:23, Genesis 22:2, Psalms 16:3, Philippians 2:26, Philippians 2:27, 2 Timothy 4:20, Hebrews 12:6, Hebrews 12:7, James 5:14, James 5:15, Revelation 3:19

Reciprocal: Genesis 48:1 - thy father 1 Kings 14:3 - he shall tell 1 Kings 17:17 - the son of the woman 2 Kings 4:20 - and then died 2 Kings 4:22 - I may run 2 Kings 13:14 - fallen sick Daniel 10:19 - O man Mark 1:30 - they tell Mark 5:23 - besought Luke 4:38 - they Luke 7:2 - was sick John 2:3 - They have Acts 9:37 - she was

Cross-References

Genesis 11:4
Also they said, Goe to, let vs builde vs a citie and a towre, whose top may reache vnto the heauen, that we may get vs a name, lest we be scattered vpon the whole earth.
Genesis 11:6
And the Lord said, Beholde, the people is one, and they all haue one language, and this they begin to doe, neither can they now be stopped from whatsoeuer they haue imagined to do.
Genesis 11:7
Come on, let vs goe downe, and there confound their language, that euery one perceiue not anothers speache.
Genesis 11:18
And Peleg liued thirtie yeeres, and begate Reu.
Genesis 14:10
Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits, & the Kings of Sodom & Gomorah fled and fell there: and ye residue fled to the mountaine.
Exodus 1:14
Thus they made them weary of their liues by sore labour in clay & in bricke, & in al worke in the fielde, with all maner of bondage, which they layde vpon them most cruelly.
Exodus 2:3
But when she could no longer hide him, she tooke for him an arke made of reede, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and laide the childe therein, and put it among the bulrushes by the riuers brinke.
2 Samuel 12:31
And he carryed away the people that was therein, and put them vnder sawes, and vnder yron harowes, and vnder axes of yron, and cast them into the tyle kylne: euen thus did he with all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then Dauid & all the people returned vnto Ierusalem.
Psalms 64:5
They encourage themselues in a wicked purpose: they commune together to lay snares priuilie, and say, Who shall see them?
Proverbs 1:11
If they say, Come with vs, we will lay waite for blood, and lie priuilie for the innocent without a cause:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore his sisters sent unto him,.... Both the sisters of Lazarus, Mary and Martha, sent to Jesus; they did not go themselves, being women, and the place where Jesus was, was at some distance; and besides, it was necessary they should abide at home, to attend their brother in his sickness, and therefore they sent a messenger, or messengers to Christ,

saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick; for it seems that Lazarus was in a very singular manner loved by Christ, as man, as John the beloved disciple was; and this is the rather put into the message by the sisters, to engage Jesus to come to his assistance; and they were very right in applying to Christ in this time of need, who is the physician, both of the bodies and souls of men; and are greatly to be commended both for their modesty and piety, in not prescribing to Christ what should be done in this case: and it may be further observed, that such who are the peculiar objects of Christ's love, are attended in this life with bodily sickness, disorders, and diseases, which are sent unto them, not in a way of vindictive wrath, but in love, and as fatherly chastisements; which, as they are designed, so they are overruled for their good; and are to be considered, not as instances of wrath, but as tokens of love.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whom thou lovest - John 11:5. The members of this family were among the few special and intimate friends of our Lord. He was much with them, and showed them marks of special friendship Luke 10:38-42, and they bestowed upon him special proofs of affection in return. This shows that special attachments are lawful for Christians, and that those friendships are especially lovely which are tempered and sweetened with the spirit of Christ. Friendships should always be cemented by religion, and one main end of those attachments should be to aid one another in the great business of preparing to die.

Sent unto him - They believed that he had power to heal him John 11:21, though they did not then seem to suppose that he could raise him if he died. Perhaps there were two reasons why they sent for him; one, because they supposed he would be desirous of seeing his friend; the other, because they supposed he could restore him. In sickness we should implore the aid and presence of Jesus. He only can restore us and our friends; he only can perform for us the office of a friend when all other friends fail; and he only can cheer us with the hope of a blessed resurrection.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 11:3. He whom thou lovest is sick. — Nothing could be more simple, nor more modest, than this prayer: they do not say, Come and heal him: or, Command the disease to depart even where thou art, and it will obey thee: - they content themselves with simply stating the case, and using an indirect but a most forcible argument, to induce our Lord to show forth his power and goodness: - He is sick, and thou lovest him; therefore thou canst neither abandon him, not us.


 
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