Patristic A.D. 430
“(de Verb. Dom. s. lii) A cruel sickness had seized Lazarus; a wasting fever was eating away the body of the wretched man day by day: his two sisters sat sorrowful at his bedside, grieving for the sick youth continually. They sent to Jesus: Therefore his sisters sent unto Him, saying, Lord, behold he whom Thou lovest is sick.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 11:1-5
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1845) ↗