Joh 11:5 | JFB | STEP | 3-5. his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, he whom thou lovest is sick-- a most womanly appeal, yet how reverential, to the known affection of her Lord for the patient. (See , ). "Those whom Christ loves are no more exempt than others from their share of earthly trouble and anguish: rather are they bound over to it more surely" [Trench].

‏ John 11:5

3-5. his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, he whom thou lovest is sick--a most womanly appeal, yet how reverential, to the known affection of her Lord for the patient. (See Joh 11:5, 11). "Those whom Christ loves are no more exempt than others from their share of earthly trouble and anguish: rather are they bound over to it more surely" [Trench].