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Soοὖνthe sistersαἱ ἀδελφαὶsentἀπέστειλανtoπρὸςhim,αὐτὸνsaying,λέγουσαι“Lord,Κύριεlook,ἴδεthe oneὃνyou hold dearφιλεῖςis sick.”ἀσθενεῖ
John 11:3
Study it in the app“So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, look, the one you hold dear is sick.””
The sisters send word to Jesus that the one he loves is sickFriendship
With the Greek beneath
John 11:3, word by word
- the sistersἀδελφαὶadelphai
sister
A woman born of the same parents as another.
Where else “adelphai” appears- sentἀπέστειλανapesteilan
send
To send someone somewhere on an errand, on behalf of the sender.
Where else “apesteilan” appears- sayingλέγουσαιlegousai
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legousai” appears- “LordΚύριεKyrie
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “Kyrie” appears- lookἴδεide
look
Look! See!
Where else “ide” appears- you hold dearφιλεῖςphileis
hold dear
To be fond of someone, or like something.
Where else “phileis” appears- is sickἀσθενεῖasthenei
be sick
To be unwell in body, without health, sometimes to the point of death.
Where else “asthenei” appears
The context
2It was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
3 · This verse (above)
4But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This illness is not to death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
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?