John 11:1-16 1 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her...

John 11:1-161Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from

Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair. 3So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord,

the one you love is sick.”

John 11:1-164When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son

may be glorified through it.” 5Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6Yet when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days. 7Then he

said to his disciples,“Let us go back to Judea.”

John 11:1-168“But Rabbi,” they said, “a short while ago the Jews tried to stone you, and yet you are going back there?” 9Jesus

answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? A man who walks by day will not stumble, for he sees by this world’s light. 10It is when he walks by night that he

stumbles, for he has no light.”

John 11:1-1611After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our

friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.” 12His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps,

he will get better.” 13Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.

14So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, 15and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” 16Then Thomas (called

Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”

The arrival in Bethany

John 11:17-1917On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already

been in the tomb for four days. 18Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19and many Jews had come to

Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother.

How were Martha and Mary so well known to early Christians?

How were Martha and Mary so well known to early Christians?

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Luke 10:38-4238As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to

him. 39She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do

the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” 41“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset

about many things, 42but only one thing is

needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken

away from her.”



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John 11:20-27John 11:20-272020When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home. to meet him, but Mary stayed at home. 2121“Lord,” Martha “Lord,” Martha

said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. have died. 2222But I know that even now God will give you But I know that even now God will give you

whatever you ask.”whatever you ask.”







2323Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”







2323Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

2424Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”resurrection at the last day.”

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John 11:20-2725Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; 26and

whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you

believe this?”

Revelation 1:1818I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive

for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.



1 Corinthians 15:54-5754When the perishable has been clothed with the

imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” 55“Where, O death, is your

victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” 56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus

Christ.



1 Corinthians 15:54-5754When the perishable has been clothed with the

imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” 55“Where, O death, is your

victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” 56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus

Christ.

Hebrews 2:14, 1514Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— 15and

free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

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John 11:20-2727“Yes, Lord,” she told him, “I

believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who

was to come into the world.”

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The Comfort of Mary

John 11:28-3728And after she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary

aside. “The Teacher is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.” 29When Mary heard this, she got

up quicklyand went to him.



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John 11:28-3730Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but

was still at the place where Martha had met

him. 31When the Jews who had been with Mary in the

house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she

got up and went out, they followed her, supposing

she was going to the tomb to mourn there.



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John 11:28-3732When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been

here, my brother would not have died.”

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John 11:28-3733When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had

come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and



troubled. 34“Where have you laid him?” he asked.

“Come and see, Lord,” they replied.

35Jesus wept.

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Some commentators have found it difficult to suppose that he who is presented in this Gospel as the incarnate Word, knowing what he was going to do, should be genuinely moved by sorrow and sympathy (as others might at the graveside), and have put his tears down to some other cause – anger and frustration, perhaps, at the blindness and lack of faith which he saw in those who were around at the time. But the friends and neighbors who were there

had no doubt about the cause of his tears: he was weeping for a dearly loved friend. ‘Look, how he loved him!’ they said. Some indeed thought, and not unnaturally, that such a healer as he had already shown himself to be might have done something to prevent his friend from dying. In truth, the reader may feel some

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surprise that Jesus, who was so completely in command of the situation, and knew that the glory of God was about to be manifested in a signal manner, should nevertheless shed tears of grief for a departed friend and his mourning relatives as any one else might do. But in him the eternal Word became truly incarnate and shared the common lot of mankind: our Evangelist would have agreed completely with the writer to the Hebrews that Jesus is well able to sympathize with his

people’s weaknesses, having been tested himself in the school of suffering. It was in sympathy with those who wept that he also wept. Here is no automaton, but a real human being.

~ F. F. Bruce, The Gospel of John, pages 246-247.

The Comfort of Mary

John 11:28-3736Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” 37But

some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”

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