#BibleStudy Miracle #11 – Lazarus – John 11:1-3. 17-27, 38-47 - 2-6-22 - DISCUSSION

Overall impression 

• This miracle is found only in John.
• It happens just before Mary washed Jesus's feet. 
• Jesus wept: that term is only used in this passage. 
• How did Jesus meet Lazarus? Through Mary?

How would you feel if you were Mary or Martha and heard that Jesus had finally come? 

• Ticked off.
• Martha is upset. Mary doesn’t leave the house.
• Both had faith enough to say he could be saved.

Write a short title that captures the central meaning of this story. 

• God’s Plan Is Best!

What was Jesus' relationship with Lazarus and his sisters? 

• He loved them.
• They were close family friends.
• Martha talks like a big sister.
• Peter was as bossy as Martha and was rebuked by Jesus.

 This is the final/climactic miracle in John's gospel, through which the author communicates a great deal about Jesus. What insights about Jesus do you see from the following?  

• Jesus is fully human while divine. 
• Jesus prayed to show the Jews present what He was about to do.
• The disciples didn’t “get it” until verse 14.

Jesus comments in verses 25 -26.  

• Shows He can raise from the dead.
• God can do great things.
• Lazarus is not really dead. You never die if you believe.
• Jesus is fully aware of who he is.

Martha's response in verse 27.  

• Some people Jesus taught “got it” – Martha was one of those.
• It’s a clear fulfillment of Jesus’s purpose.

Jesus’s emotional state in verse 38.  

• Jesus’ human qualities. He’s thinking about the day of his death. 
• He wondered if they “got it.” 
• He was moved with compassion with by lesser issues at other times. 
• He was feeling our pain. 
• He compared himself to God.

Jesus’s actions in verses 41- 44.

• He calls out to God to benefit the audience.
• Here’s an example of praying and believing. 
• He thanked God. 
• He speaks directly to God in front of the crowd,  not like the Jesus in Catholicism.