#BIBLESTUDY. MIRACLE #11 – LAZARUS – JOHN 11:1-3. 17-27, 38-47. 3-6-22 - DISCUSSION

 

How does John 5: 24 -29 relate to Jesus saying, "I am the resurrection and the life" in this miracle? 

• Confirms they will live.
• Those who do good will rise to live.
• A Personal expression of truth.

Jesus asks Martha, “Do believe this?” What else besides Jesus' healing power is he referring to? 

• Reminding them of the death to come.
• Spiritual life.
• Triumph over death. V11:14

The word Lord is found in verse 21 and verse 27. What's different about how they might be translated in each? 

• Father
• Christ = Messiah

What three confessional statements about Jesus does Martha use in verse 27? 

• Believes He is Christ, the Son of God who came into the world.

How does each phrase differ from the others in its meaning? 

• Redeemer, part of God, Human

What does the fact that Lazarus has a tomb imply about him? 

• He is mortal.
• He has money because he's buried in a tomb, not in a Potter's Field, or under a cairn of rock.

Comment on verse 11:39. 

• Lazarus is really dead. DEAD.

How does Lazarus’s resurrection directly relate to all Christians at some point in their life or death?  

• He was raised from physical death.
• Christians get a new body when resurrected when Christ returns.

Who else gets wrapped in strips of linen?  

• Jesus.
• Most Jewish burials placed the body on the deceased's prayer shall.

Verse 46 is ominous. Why?

• The men left to plan Jesus' death.

Next week starts Miracle #12 - The withered fig tree