John 11:1

A man named Lazarus of Bethany, brother of Mary and Martha, falls sick. This introduces the setting for the raising of Lazarus.

Cross-references · 13

• John 12:17The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, was testifying about it.
• Luke 10:38–42As they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
• 2 Kgs 20:1–12In those days Hezekiah was sick and dying. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Set your house in order; for you will die, and not live.’”
• John 11:11He said these things, and after that, he said to them, “Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep.”
• John 12:9A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned 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.
• Matt 21:17He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.
• John 11:5–6Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
• Acts 9:37In those days, she became sick, and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room.
• Mark 11:1When they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
• John 11:3The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”
• Luke 16:20–25A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of sores,
• John 12:1–2Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
• Gen 48:1After these things, someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

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