Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. A most womanly appeal to the known affection of her Lord for the patient; yet how reverential! 'Those,' says Trench, '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.'