There was a man Lazarus, who came from Bethany from the village where
Mary and her sister Martha lived, and he was ill. It was Mary who had
anointed the Lord with perfumed ointment, and who had wiped his feet
with her hair, and it was her brother Lazarus who was ill. So the
sisters sent a message to... [ Continue Reading ]
ON THE ROAD TO GLORY (John 11:1-5)... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, when Jesus had received the news that Lazarus was ill, he
continued to stay where he was for two days. But after that he said to
his disciples: "Let us go to Judaea again." His disciples said to him:
"Rabbi, things had got to a stage when the Jews were trying to find a
way to stone you, and do... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus said these things, and then he went on to say: "Our friend
Lazarus is sleeping; but I am going to waken him up." "Lord, the
disciples said to him, "if he is sleeping he will recover." But Jesus
had spoken about his death. They thought that he was speaking about
the sleep of natural sleep. So J... [ Continue Reading ]
So, when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the
tomb for four days. Bethany was near Jerusalem, less than two miles
away. Many of the Jews had gone to Martha and Mary to comfort them
about their brother.
In order to visualize this scene we must first see what a Jewish house
of mo... [ Continue Reading ]
So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, but
Mary remained sitting in the house. So Martha said to Jesus: "Lord, if
you had been here, my brother would not have died. And even as things
are, I know that whatever you ask God, God will give you." Jesus said
to her: "Your broth... [ Continue Reading ]
When Martha had said this, she went away and called Mary her sister.
Without letting the rest of the people know, she said to her: "The
Teacher has arrived and is calling for you." When she heard this, she
rose quickly and began to go to him. Jesus had not yet come into the
village, but he was still... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus said to them: "Where have you laid him?" "Lord, they said to
him: "Come and see." Jesus wept. So the Jews said: "Look how he loved
him!" Some of them said: "Could not this man who opened the eyes of
the blind have so acted that Lazarus would not have died?" Again a
groan was wrung from Jesus'... [ Continue Reading ]
The chief priests and Pharisees assembled the Sanhedrin: "What are we
going to do?" they said, "because this man does many signs. If we
leave him alone like this, all will believe in him, and the Romans
will come and will take away our place and will destroy our nation."
One of them, called Caiaphas... [ Continue Reading ]
So Jesus walked no longer openly among the Jews, but he went away from
them to a place near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and he
stayed there with his disciples.
Now the Passover Feast of the Jews was near; and many from the country
areas went up to Jerusalem before the Passover Feast t... [ Continue Reading ]