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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Gill's Exposition
When Jesus heard that,.... That his friend Lazarus was sick,
he said; either to his disciples, or to the messenger or messengers that brought the account to him, and that on purpose to yield some…
Barnes' Notes
This sickness is not unto death - The word “death” here is equivalent to remaining under death, Rom 6:23. “The wages of sin is death” - permanent or unchanging death, opposed to eternal life. Jesus…
Adam Clarke
This sickness is not unto death - Not to final privation of life at this time; but a temporary death shall be now permitted, that the glory of God may appear in the miracle of his resurrection. It is…
We have in these verses,
I. A particular account of the parties principally concerned in this story, Joh 11:1, Joh 11:2. 1. They lived at Bethany, a village nor far from Jerusalem, where Christ…
Cambridge Bible
is not unto death i.e. is not to have death as its final result. Christ foresaw both the death and the resurrection, and (as so often) uttered words which His disciples did not understand at the time,…
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