The Uses of Affliction
John 11:1-6
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.…


God often lays the sum of His amazing providences in very dismal afflictions, as the limner first puts on the dusky colours on which he intends to draw the portraiture of some illustrious beauty.

(S. Charnock.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

WEB: Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.




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