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Lazarus and Martha
How Lazarus and Martha are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Lazarus and Martha were siblings.
Martha was the sister of Lazarus of Bethany. At his grave she warned Jesus that her brother had been dead four days.
the town of Mary and her sister Martha
John 11:1, King James Version
Martha, the sister of him that was dead
John 11:39, King James Version
Where they cross: John 11:39-44
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
John 11:1
1Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
John 11:39-44
39Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.
40Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
41Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
42And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
43And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
44And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
King James Version