Jesus
proves His LORDSHIP
The
Son of man has the Power of Eternal Life
John
11:1-46, 47-57 A certain man,
named Lazarus was sick, and he was of Bethany, the town
of Mary and her sister Martha. (It
was the same Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his
feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) Therefore his
sisters sent to Him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.
When Jesus heard that,
He said, This
sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of
God might be glorified thereby.
Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. When He therefore
heard that Lazarus was sick, He abode (stayed)
two days still in the same place where He was. Then after this He
said to His
disciples, Let
us go into Judea again.
To which His
disciples replied to Him, Master, the Jews of late have sought to
stone You; and are You going there again? Jesus answered, Are
there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he
stumbles not, because he sees the light of this world.
But
if a man walk in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in
him.
These things He said: and after He said to them, Our
friend Lazarus sleeps; but I go, that I may awaken him out of sleep.
Then His disciples said, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit
Jesus spoke of his death: but they thought that He had spoken of
taking of rest in sleep. Then Jesus said to them plainly, Lazarus
is dead.
And
I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent you may
believe; nevertheless let us go to him.
Then Thomas said, who is called Didymus, to his fellow disciples, Let
us also go, that we may die with Him. When Jesus came, He found that
he had lain
in the grave four days already. Now Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem,
about fifteen furlongs off: And many of the Jews came to Martha and
Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. Then Martha, as soon
as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him: but Mary sat in
the house. Then said Martha to Jesus, Lord, if You had been here, my
brother would not have died. But I know, that even now, whatever You
will ask of God, God will give it
You. Jesus said to her, Your
brother shall rise again.
Martha said to Him, I know that he shall rise again in the
resurrection at the last day. To this Jesus said to her, I
am the resurrection, and the life: he that believes Me, though he
were dead, yet shall he live:
And
whoever lives and believes Me shall never die. Believe you this?
(parallel passages Psalm 36:9, 27:1, Proverbs 4:18, Romans 4:17)She said to Him, Yes, Lord: I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calls for you. As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came to Him. Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met Him. The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goes to the grave to weep there. When Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, Lord, if You had been here, my brother had not have died. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, He groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, and said, Where have you laid him? They said to Him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept. The Jews said, Behold how He loved him! And some of them said, Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself came to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said to Him, Lord, by this time he stinks: for he has been dead four days. Jesus said to her, Said I not to you, that, if you would believe, you should see the glory of God? Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifting up His eyes, and said, Father, I thank that You have heard Me. And I knew that You hear Me always: but because of the people which stand by I said this that they may believe that You have sent Me. And when He had thus spoken, He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus said to them, Loose him, and let him go.
Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed Him. But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.
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