These disciples knew
that to die
would be their gain.
That life is where
the trial is.
John 11:1
"Now a certain
man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister
Martha."
Lazarus, Mary, and
Martha were friends of Jesus.
Many times on His
way to and from Jerusalem, Jesus stayed with them in their home.
The resurrection of
Lazarus is the climatic and most dramatic sign in this gospel
and the capstone of
His public ministry.
Six miracles have
already been presented
1. Water
into wine (2:1-11),
2.
Healing of the nobleman’s son (4:46-54),
3.
Restoring the impotent man (5:1-15),
4.
Multiplying the loaves and fishes (6:1-14),
5.
Walking on the water (6:15-21),
6. And
curing the man born blind (9:1-12).
Lazarus’
resurrection
is more potent that all those
and
even more monumental than
the
raising of the widow’s son in Nain
(Luke 7:11-16),
Or
Jairus’ daughter (Luke 8:40-56),
because those two
resurrections
occurred immediately after death.
Lazarus was raised
after
4 days of being in the grave
with the process of decomposition
already having
started (verse 39)
John 11:45
“Then many of the
Jews
which came to Mary,
and
had seen the things
which Jesus did,
believed on him."
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