John 11:3
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His sisters therefore sent to him, saying: Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

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John 11:1,5 Now there was a certain man sick, named Lazarus, of Bethania, of the town of Mary and of Martha her sister. . . .

John 13:23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.

Genesis 22:2 He said to him: Take thy only begotten son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and go into the land of vision; and there thou shalt offer him for an holocaust upon one of the mountains which I will shew thee.

Psalm 16:3 To the saints, who are in his land, he hath made wonderful all my desires in them.

Philippians 2:26,27 For indeed he longed after you all: and was sad, for that you had heard that he was sick. . . .

2 Timothy 4:20 Erastus remained at Corinth. And Trophimus I left sick at Miletus.

Hebrews 12:6,7 For whom the Lord loveth he chastiseth: and he scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. . . .

James 5:14,15 Is any man sick among you? Let him bring in the priests of the church and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. . . .

Revelation 3:19 Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore and do penance.

Context
The Death of Lazarus
2(And Mary was she that anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair: whose brother Lazarus was sick.) 3His sisters therefore sent to him, saying: Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 4And Jesus hearing it, said to them: This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God: that the Son of God may be glorified by it.…
Cross References
Luke 7:13
Whom when the Lord had seen, being moved with mercy towards her, he said to her: Weep not.

John 11:2
(And Mary was she that anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair: whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

John 11:5
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister Mary and Lazarus.

John 11:11
These things he said; and after that he said to them: Lazarus our friend sleepeth: but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.

John 11:21
Martha therefore said to Jesus: Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

John 11:36
The Jews therefore said: Behold how he loved him.

John 13:13
You call me Master and Lord. And you say well: for so I am.

Lexicon
So
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

the
αἱ (hai)
Article - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

sisters
ἀδελφαὶ (adelphai)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 79: A sister, a woman (fellow-)member of a church, a Christian woman. Fem of adephos; a sister.

sent
ἀπέστειλαν (apesteilan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 649: From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively.

word
λέγουσαι (legousai)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

to
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

[Jesus],
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“Lord,
Κύριε (Kyrie)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

the [one]
ὃν (hon)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

You love
φιλεῖς (phileis)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 5368: From philos; to be a friend to (an individual or an object), i.e. Have affection for; specially, to kiss.

is sick.”
ἀσθενεῖ (asthenei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 770: To be weak (physically: then morally), To be sick. From asthenes; to be feeble.


Additional Translations
So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”

Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick."

Therefore his sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick.

The sisters therefore sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

The sisters therefore sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

Therefore his sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

So the sisters sent to Him to say, "Master, he whom you hold dear is ill."

The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, "Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick."

therefore sent the sisters unto him, saying, 'Sir, lo, he whom thou dost love is ailing;'
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