Sent saying (απεστειλαν λεγουσα). First aorist active indicative of αποστελλω and present active participle. The message was deliv…

Whom you love (John 11:5). The members of this family were among the few special and intimate friends of our Lord. He was much…

Therefore his sisters sent unto him.—Better, The sisters therefore sent unto Him—that is, because of the illne , which has been r…

(It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

There…

The Venerable Bede: After our Lord had departed to the other side of the Jordan, it happened that Lazarus fell sick: A cert…

Knowing Jesus’ interest in them and the power of God to heal the sick, the sisters sent for him when Lazarus became ill. The malady must have been …

Lo, he whom thou lovest is sick. The message is short, but Christ might easily learn from it what the two sisters wished; for, under this …

Therefore his sisters sent to him
Both the sisters of Lazarus, Mary and Martha, sent to Jesus; they did not go thems…

It is no new thing for those whom Christ loves to be sick; physical illnesses correct corruption and test the graces of God's people. He did not co…

1. Above, our Lord shows His life-giving power by word; here He confirms it with a miracle by raising Lazarus from the dead.