Now a certain man was sick,.... Very likely of a fever; Nonnus calls it a morbid fire, a hot and burning disease:
[named] Lazarus of Bethany; for his name, which the Ethiopic version reads "Eleazar", and the Persic version "Gazarus",
[See comments on Lu 16:24]; and for the place Bethany, [See comments on Matthew 21:1],
[See comments on Matthew 21:17].
The town of Mary and her sister Martha; where they were both born, as well as Lazarus, or at least where they dwelt; of the former, some account is, given in the next verse, and of the latter,
[See comments on Lu 10:38].
Now a certain man was sick,.... Very likely of a fever; Nonnus calls it a morbid fire, a hot and burning disease:
[named] Lazarus of Bethany; for his name, which the Ethiopic version reads "Eleazar", and the Persic version "Gazarus",
[See comments on Lu 16:24]; and for the place Bethany, [See comments on Matthew 21:1],
[See comments on Matthew 21:17].
The town of Mary and her sister Martha; where they were both born, as well as Lazarus, or at least where they dwelt; of the former, some account is, given in the next verse, and of the latter,
[See comments on Lu 10:38].