John 11:4

4 When Jesus heard that , he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

Ver. 4. But for the glory of God ] Happy Lazarus, though sick and dead, to be an instrument of glory, to be given to God. St Paul stood on tip toes ( αποκαραδοκια ), as it were, to see which way Christ might be most magnified in his body, whether by life or by death,Philippians 1:20; Philippians 1:20 .