SEV Biblia, Chapter 11:3
Enviaron, pues, sus hermanas a l, diciendo: Seor, he aquí, el que amas est enfermo.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - John 11:3
Verse 3. He whom thou lovest is sick.] Nothing could be more simple, nor more modest, than this prayer: they do not say, Come and heal him: or, Command the disease to depart even where thou art, and it will obey thee:-they content themselves with simply stating the case, and using an indirect but a most forcible argument, to induce our Lord to show forth his power and goodness:-He is sick, and thou lovest him; therefore thou canst neither abandon him, not us.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 3. Therefore his sisters sent unto him , etc.] Both the sisters of Lazarus, Mary and Martha, sent to Jesus; they did not go themselves, being women, and the place where Jesus was, was at some distance; and besides, it was necessary they should abide at home, to attend their brother in his sickness, and therefore they sent a messenger, or messengers to Christ, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick ; for it seems that Lazarus was in a very singular manner loved by Christ, as man, as John the beloved disciple was; and this is the rather put into the message by the sisters, to engage Jesus to come to his assistance; and they were very right in applying to Christ in this time of need, who is the physician, both of the bodies and souls of men; and are greatly to be commended both for their modesty and piety, in not prescribing to Christ what should be done in this case: and it may be further observed, that such who are the peculiar objects of Christs love, are attended in this life with bodily sickness, disorders, and diseases, which are sent unto them, not in a way of vindictive wrath, but in love, and as fatherly chastisements; which, as they are designed, so they are overruled for their good; and are to be considered, not as instances of wrath, but as tokens of love.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-6 - It is no new thing for those whom Christ loves, to be sick; bodil distempers correct the corruption, and try the graces of God's people He came not to preserve his people from these afflictions, but to sav them from their sins, and from the wrath to come; however, it behove us to apply to Him in behalf of our friends and relatives when sick an afflicted. Let this reconcile us to the darkest dealings of Providence that they are all for the glory of God: sickness, loss, disappointment are so; and if God be glorified, we ought to be satisfied. Jesus love Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. The families are greatly favoure in which love and peace abound; but those are most happy whom Jesu loves, and by whom he is beloved. Alas, that this should seldom be the case with every person, even in small families. God has graciou intentions, even when he seems to delay. When the work of deliverance temporal or spiritual, public or personal, is delayed, it does but sta for the right time.
Greek Textus Receptus
απεστειλαν 649 5656 V-AAI-3P ουν 3767 CONJ αι 3588 T-NPF αδελφαι 79 N-NPF προς 4314 PREP αυτον 846 P-ASM λεγουσαι 3004 5723 V-PAP-NPF κυριε 2962 N-VSM ιδε 1492 5657 V-AAM-2S ον 3739 R-ASM φιλεις 5368 5719 V-PAI-2S ασθενει 770 5719 V-PAI-3S
Vincent's NT Word Studies
3. Thou lovest (fileiv). See on v. 20. "They do not say, come. He who loves needs but know" (Bengel).
