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commentaryMatthew Henry on John 11:1-6It is no new thing for those whom Christ loves, to be sick; bodily distempers correct the corruption, and try the graces of God's people. He came not to preserve his people from these afflictions, but to save them from…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Death of LazarusTHE DEATH OF LAZARUS. We have in these verses, I. A particular account of the parties principally concerned in this story, John 11:1-2. 1. They lived at Bethany, a village nor far from Jerusalem, where Christ usually lo…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on John 11:1-16(1) The mystery and might of sacrificial love seen in the prelude of the miracle.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on John 11:1Now a certain (man) was sick, (named) Lazarus, of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha. The certain man who was sick, Lazarus (or Eleazar) by name, £ was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on John 11:1-16The raising of Lazarus. This event, a third good work, hastened the final crisis. I. THE BETHANY FAMILY. "Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha." 1. Their home. It was a…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on John 11:1-577. Christ the Antagonist of death—a victory of love and power. The narrative of this chapter is a further advance in the proof that the unbelief of the Jews was aggravated by the greatness of the revelation. The issue o…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on John 11:2Now it was that Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. The word μύρον is used of any aromatic balsam which is distilled from trees and herbs by itself…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on John 11:3Therefore the sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick ( ὃν φιλεῖς nominative to ἀσθενεῖ). The sisters knew well what peril Jesus and his disciples would encounter by coming to Betha…Joseph S. Exell and contributors