King James Version
John 11:3 in the King James Version says “Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.” — study this verse from John chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.”
John 11:3 · KJV
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
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 .
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“sent”
G649set apart, i.e., (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or figuratively
“unto”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“saying”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“Lord”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“thou lovest”
G5368to be a friend to (fond of (an individual or an object)), i.e., have affection for (denoting personal attachment, as a matter of sentiment or feeling;
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