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1richardbsmith
John 11:32-44
When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved.
He said, “Where have you laid him?”
They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”
Jesus began to weep. So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.
Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead four days.”
Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you for having heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.”
When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth.
Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved.
He said, “Where have you laid him?”
They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”
Jesus began to weep. So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.
Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead four days.”
Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you for having heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.”
When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth.
Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
2richardbsmith
It is good when the church season breaks into the normal scripture rotation. Good to have that sense of rhythm and and return. This week is All Saints. And we have the raising of Lazarus interrupting the regular Markan readings.
3richardbsmith
There seems to be portrayed in the gospel reading a sense that this raising was conducted to put on a display.
See 11.4 "for the glory of God so that the son of God might be glorified through the sickness"
11.6 "then he remained in the place he was for 2 days."
11.40 "did I not say to you that if you believed you would see the glory of God."
11.42 "I know you always hear me, but I speak for the crowd which is standing around, so that they would believe that you yourself sent me."
Such purposeful dramatic display seems unusual for Jesus.
See 11.4 "for the glory of God so that the son of God might be glorified through the sickness"
11.6 "then he remained in the place he was for 2 days."
11.40 "did I not say to you that if you believed you would see the glory of God."
11.42 "I know you always hear me, but I speak for the crowd which is standing around, so that they would believe that you yourself sent me."
Such purposeful dramatic display seems unusual for Jesus.
4richardbsmith
The reaction by the authorities also seems odd. Convinced that Jesus actually performed these signs, which include the raising of Lazarus (in some lists of signs, number 6), they decide to plot to kill Jesus.
The reaction of the authorities should be to recognize in Jesus the working of God, but the see a threat to the Romans and to themselves?
The reaction of the authorities should be to recognize in Jesus the working of God, but the see a threat to the Romans and to themselves?
5dinamo
The pharisee's were so intent on being the best at following the law that they forgot to follow the God that wrote the law.
The dramatic display is unusual, maybe this scripture will help:
John 4:48 Then Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe." NKJV
This verse is spoken before His dramatic display.
The dramatic display is unusual, maybe this scripture will help:
John 4:48 Then Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe." NKJV
This verse is spoken before His dramatic display.
