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Nowδέa certain manτιςwasἮνsick,ἀσθενῶνLazarusΛάζαροςofἀπὸBethany,Βηθανίαςthe villageἐκ τῆς κώμηςof MaryΜαρίαςandκαὶher sisterτῆς ἀδελφῆς αὐτῆςMartha.Μάρθας
John 11:1
Study it in the app“Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.”
With the Greek beneath
John 11:1, word by word
- wasἮνĒn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “Ēn” appears- sickἀσθενῶνasthenōn
be sick
To be unwell in body, without health, sometimes to the point of death.
Where else “asthenōn” appears- LazarusΛάζαροςLazaros
Lazarus
Lazarus: the brother of Martha and Mary, whom Jesus raised; also the name of the poor man in a parable.
Where else “Lazaros” appears- BethanyΒηθανίαςBēthanias
Bethany
See it on the mapWhere else “Bēthanias” appears- the villageκώμηςkōmēs
village
Village, small town.
Where else “kōmēs” appears- of MaryΜαρίαςMarias
Mary
Mary, the name of several women in the New Testament: Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Mary the sister of Martha and Lazarus, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and others.
Where else “Marias” appears- her sisterἀδελφῆςadelphēs
sister
A woman born of the same parents as another.
Where else “adelphēs” appears- MarthaΜάρθαςMarthas
Martha
Martha: sister of Mary and Lazarus, in Bethany.
Where else “Marthas” appears
Places in this verse
Bethany
Today: al-Eizariya (Bethany), West Bank
A village on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives, about 2 miles (3 km) from Jerusalem.
Martha, Mary and Lazarus lived there, and Jesus raised Lazarus (John 11:1, 43-44). Jesus went up to heaven near Bethany (Luke 24:50-51).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2It was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
To study John 11 in a group
1. What it says
What does Jesus do when he arrives at Lazarus's tomb and sees Mary and those with her weeping? (vv. 32-44)
2. What it means
Jesus tells Martha, “I am the resurrection and the life.” What does he ask her next, and how does she answer? (vv. 25-27)
3. How I live it
Jesus wept with those who wept (v. 35). How can you accompany someone who is grieving today?