John 11:4

is not unto death i.e. is not to have death as its final result. Christ foresaw both the death and the resurrection, and (as so often) uttered words which His disciples did not understand at the time, but recognised in their proper meaning after what He indicated had taken place. Comp. John 2:22; John 12:16; John 21:23.

might be glorified In two ways; because the miracle (1) would lead many to believe that He was the Messiah; (2) would bring about His death. -Being glorified" is a frequent expression in this Gospel for Christ's Death regarded as the mode of His return to glory (John 7:39; John 12:16; John 12:23; John 13:31-32); and this glorification of the Son involves the glory of the Father (John 5:23; John 10:30; John 10:38). Comp. John 9:3; in the Divine counsels the purposeof the man's blindness and of Lazarus" sickness is the glory of God.

We ought perhaps to connect the special meaning of -glorified" with the first clause: -This sickness is to have for its final issue, not the temporal death of an individual, but the eternal life of all mankind."

It is worth noting that both the first and the last of the seven miracles of the ministry recorded by S. John are declared to be manifestations of glory (John 2:11; John 11:4; John 11:40) and confirmations of faith (John 2:11; John 11:15).

thereby Both in the English and in the Greek this is ambiguous: it may refer either to the sickness or the glory. The former is correct.