9.
The need of the dead — life's resurrecting
11:1-57
a.
The dead man and his need
vv. 1-4
John 11
:1
11:1
Now there was a certain man who was sick, Lazarus from
1Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
John 11
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11:2
It was
that Mary who
aanointed the Lord with ointment and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
John 11
:3
11:3
The sisters therefore sent to Him saying, Lord, behold,
he whom You love is sick.
John 11
:4
11:4
But when Jesus heard
it, He said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the
aglory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified through it.
b.
The frustration of human opinions
vv. 5-40
John 11
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11:5
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
John 11
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11:6
When therefore He heard that he was sick, He remained at that time in the place where He was for two days.
John 11
:7
11:7
Then after this He said to the disciples, Let us go into Judea again.
John 11
:8
11:8
The disciples
1said to Him, Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to
astone You, and You are going there again?
John 11
:9
11:9
Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the
aday, he does not stumble, because he sees the
blight of this world.
John 11
:10
11:10
But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.
John 11
:11
11:11
He said these things, and after this He said to them, Our friend Lazarus has fallen
aasleep; but I am going that I may wake him out of sleep.
John 11
:12
11:12
The disciples then said to Him, Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will
1recover.
John 11
:13
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But Jesus had spoken about his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep.
John 11
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11:14
So Jesus then told them plainly, Lazarus has
1died.
John 11
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11:15
And I rejoice for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let us go to him.
John 11
:16
11:16
Then Thomas, who is called
1Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with Him.
John 11
:17
11:17
Then when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb
afour days.
John 11
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Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about
1fifteen stadia away.
John 11
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11:19
And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.
John 11
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Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him; but Mary sat in the house.
John 11
:21
11:21
Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord,
aif You had been here, my brother would not have died.
John 11
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11:22
But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.
John 11
:23
11:23
Jesus said to her, Your brother will rise again.
John 11
:24
11:24
Martha said to Him, I know that he will rise again in the
aresurrection 1in the last day.
John 11
:25
11:25
Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the
alife; he who believes into Me, even if he should die, shall
blive;
John 11
:26
11:26
And every one who lives and believes into Me shall by
ano means die forever. Do you believe this?
John 11
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She said to Him, Yes, Lord; I have
1believed that
aYou are the Christ, the Son of God, He who
bcomes into the world.
John 11
:28
11:28
And when she had said this, she went away and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Teacher is here and
1is calling you.
John 11
:29
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And she, when she heard
this, rose quickly and came to Him.
John 11
:30
11:30
Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha met Him.
John 11
:31
11:31
The Jews then who were with her in the house and were consoling her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to
1weep there.
John 11
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11:32
Then Mary, when she came to where Jesus was, saw Him and fell at His feet, saying to Him, Lord,
aif You had been here, my brother would not have died.
John 11
:33
11:33
Then Jesus, when He saw her
1weeping and the
aJews who came with her
1weeping, was
bmoved with indignation in His spirit and was
ctroubled,
John 11
:34
11:34
And He said, Where have you put him? They said to Him, Lord, come and see.
John 11
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11:35
Jesus 1wept.
John 11
:36
11:36
The Jews then said, Behold how He
aloved him!
John 11
:37
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But some of them said, Could not He who
aopened the eyes of the blind man also have caused that this man would not die?
John 11
:38
11:38
Jesus therefore, moved with indignation again in Himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.
John 11
:39
11:39
Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was deceased, said to Him, Lord, by now he smells, for
it is the
afourth day
that he is
there.
John 11
:40
11:40
Jesus said to her, Did I not tell you that if you believe you will see the
aglory of God?
c.
Life's resurrecting
vv. 41-44
John 11
:41
11:41
Then they
1took the stone away. And Jesus
alifted up His eyes and said,
bFather, I thank You that You have heard Me.
John 11
:42
11:42
And I knew that You always hear Me; but because of the crowd standing around, I said
it, that they may
abelieve that You have
1sent Me.
John 11
:43
11:43
And when He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, Lazarus, come out!
John 11
:44
11:44
And he who had died came out,
abound hand and foot with cloths, and
bhis face was bound about with a handkerchief. Jesus said to them, Loose him and let him go.
d.
The conspiracy of religion and life's vicarious death for the gathering of God's children
vv. 45-57
John 11
:45
11:45
Many of the
aJews therefore who had come to Mary and beheld the things that He did believed into Him.
John 11
:46
11:46
But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them the things that Jesus did.
John 11
:47
11:47
Then the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled a council and said, What do we do? For this man is doing many
asigns.
John 11
:48
11:48
If we let Him do so, all will believe into Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and
our nation.
John 11
:49
11:49
But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, who was
ahigh priest that year, said to them, You know nothing at all,
John 11
:50
11:50
Nor do you take account
of the fact that
ait is expedient for you that one man die for the people and
that not the whole nation perish.
John 11
:51
11:51
But this he did not say from himself, but being
ahigh priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was to die for the nation,
John 11
:52
11:52
And not for the nation only, but that He might also
1gather into
aone the children of God who are scattered abroad.
John 11
:53
11:53
From that day therefore they
atook counsel to kill Him.
John 11
:54
11:54
Jesus therefore no longer
awalked openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there He remained with the disciples.
John 11
:55
11:55
Now the
aPassover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the Passover in order to
bpurify themselves.
John 11
:56
11:56
They then sought Jesus, and said to one another as they stood in the temple, What do you think? That He will not, by any means, come to the feast?
John 11
:57
11:57
Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he should disclose it, so that they might arrest Him.
