KJV King James Version
Now a certain [man] was sick, [named] Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
John 11:1
Now a certain [man] was sick, [named] Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
WEB World English Bible
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
ASV American Standard Version
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister—
Surrounding context — John 11
1 Now a certain [man] was sick, [named] Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 (It was [that] Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
4 When 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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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἮνG1510 · eimito beδέG1161 · dethenτιςG5100 · tisoneἀσθενῶν,G770 · astheneōbe weak: weakΛάζαροςG2976 · LazarosLazarusἀπὸG575 · apoaway fromΒηθανίαςG963 · BēthaniaBethanyἐκG1537 · ekout fromτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoκώμηςG2968 · kōmēvillageΜαρίαςG3137 · MariaMaryκαὶG2532 · kaiandΜάρθαςG3136 · MarthaMarthaτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀδελφῆςG79 · adelphēsisterαὐτῆς·G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
John 12:17The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.Luke 10:38-42Now 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.John 12:9Much 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.John 11:11These 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.2 Kings 20:1-12In 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.Matthew 21:17And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.John 11:5-6Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.Acts 9:37And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid [her] in an upper chamber.Mark 11:1And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,Luke 16:20-25And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,John 11:3Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.John 12:1-2Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.Genesis 48:1And it came to pass after these things, that [one] told Joseph, Behold, thy father [is] sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
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