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Text -- John 11:1-25 (NET)
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The Death of Lazarus
11:1 Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick . He was from Bethany , the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived .
11:2 (Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet dry with her hair , whose brother Lazarus was sick .)
11:3 So the sisters sent a message to Jesus , “Lord , look , the one you love is sick .”
11:4 When Jesus heard this, he said , “This sickness will not lead to death , but to God’s glory , so that the Son of God may be glorified through it .”
11:5 (Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus .)
11:6 So when he heard that Lazarus was sick , he remained in the place where he was for two more days .
11:7 Then after this , he said to his disciples , “Let us go to Judea again .”
11:8 The disciples replied , “Rabbi , the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death! Are you going there again ?”
11:9 Jesus replied , “Are there not twelve hours in a day ? If anyone walks around in the daytime , he does not stumble , because he sees the light of this world .
11:10 But if anyone walks around at night , he stumbles , because the light is not in him .”
11:11 After he said this , he added , “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep . But I am going there to awaken him .”
11:12 Then the disciples replied , “Lord , if he has fallen asleep , he will recover .”
11:13 (Now Jesus had been talking about his death , but they thought he had been talking about real sleep .)
11:14 Then Jesus told them plainly , “Lazarus has died ,
11:15 and I am glad for your sake that I was not there , so that you may believe . But let us go to him .”
11:16 So Thomas (called Didymus ) said to his fellow disciples , “Let us go too , so that we may die with him .”
Speaking with Martha and Mary
11:17 When Jesus arrived , he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb four days already .
11:18 (Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem ,
11:19 so many of the Jewish people of the region had come to Martha and Mary to console them over the loss of their brother .)
11:20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming , she went out to meet him , but Mary was sitting in the house .
11:21 Martha said to Jesus , “Lord , if you had been here , my brother would not have died .
11:22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God , God will grant you .”
11:23 Jesus replied , “Your brother will come back to life again.”
11:24 Martha said , “I know that he will come back to life again in the resurrection at the last day .”
11:25 Jesus said to her , “I am the resurrection and the life . The one who believes in me will live even if he dies ,
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Lazarus |
Martha |
Bethany |
Thomas |
Readings, Select |
Mourn |
Prayer |
Miracles |
OLIVES, MOUNT OF |
JOHN, GOSPEL OF |
Friendship |
Jesus, The Christ |
Dead |
JESUS CHRIST, 4D |
Mary |
Sorrow |
Family |
Day |
Resurrection |
PALESTINE, 3 |
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NET Notes -> Joh 11:1; Joh 11:2; Joh 11:2; Joh 11:3; Joh 11:3; Joh 11:4; Joh 11:4; Joh 11:4; Joh 11:4; Joh 11:5; Joh 11:6; Joh 11:7; Joh 11:8; Joh 11:8; Joh 11:8; Joh 11:8; Joh 11:9; Joh 11:9; Joh 11:9; Joh 11:10; Joh 11:10; Joh 11:11; Joh 11:11; Joh 11:12; Joh 11:13; Joh 11:13; Joh 11:13; Joh 11:13; Joh 11:15; Joh 11:15; Joh 11:16; Joh 11:16; Joh 11:16; Joh 11:17; Joh 11:17; Joh 11:17; Joh 11:17; Joh 11:17; Joh 11:18; Joh 11:18; Joh 11:19; Joh 11:19; Joh 11:19; Joh 11:19; Joh 11:20; Joh 11:21; Joh 11:22; Joh 11:22; Joh 11:23; Joh 11:23; Joh 11:23; Joh 11:24; Joh 11:24; Joh 11:25
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NET Notes: Joh 11:2 This is a parenthetical note by the author. It is a bit surprising that the author here identifies Mary as the one who anointed the Lord with perfumed...
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NET Notes: Joh 11:3 Grk “to him, saying”; the referent (Jesus) is specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Joh 11:4 So that the Son of God may be glorified through it. These statements are highly ironic: For Lazarus, the sickness did not end in his death, because he...
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NET Notes: Joh 11:5 This is a parenthetical note by the author. It was necessary for the author to reaffirm Jesus’ love for Martha and her sister and Lazarus here b...
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NET Notes: Joh 11:6 Grk “that he”; the referent (Lazarus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Joh 11:7 The village of Bethany, where Lazarus was, lies in Judea, less than 2 mi (3 km) from Jerusalem (see 11:18).
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NET Notes: Joh 11:8 Grk “And are.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English ...
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NET Notes: Joh 11:9 What is the light of this world? On one level, of course, it refers to the sun, but the reader of John’s Gospel would recall 8:12 and understand...
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NET Notes: Joh 11:11 The verb κοιμάω (koimaw) literally means “sleep,” but it is often used in the Bible as a euphemism for death...
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NET Notes: Joh 11:15 So that you may believe. Why does Jesus make this statement? It seems necessary to understand the disciples’ belief here in a developmental sens...
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NET Notes: Joh 11:16 One gets the impression from Thomas’ statement “Let us go too, so that we may die with him” that he was something of a pessimist res...
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NET Notes: Joh 11:17 There is no description of the journey itself. The author simply states that when Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb four days ...
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NET Notes: Joh 11:18 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: Joh 11:20 Notice the difference in the response of the two sisters: Martha went out to meet Jesus, while Mary remains sitting in the house. It is similar to the...
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NET Notes: Joh 11:21 Grk “Then Martha.” Here οὖν (oun) has not been translated for stylistic reasons.
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NET Notes: Joh 11:22 The statement “whatever you ask from God, God will grant you” by Martha presents something of a dilemma, because she seems to be suggestin...
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NET Notes: Joh 11:23 Jesus’ remark to Martha that Lazarus would come back to life again is another example of the misunderstood statement. Martha apparently took it ...
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