Lazarus is dead which seems to contradict the comforting words that Jesus spoke to the sisters in verse 4. This verse started my mind racing as I began to ask, “When I face hardship in this life do I run straight to Jesus with my worry? Who do I turn to when I need help?” I hope my answer can always, truly, be “yes I run to Jesus.”Īt this point Jesus has yet to perform the miracle. They acknowledge that Jesus LOVES their brother, therefore, He must will what is good for his beloved one. They already recognize that Jesus IS the Messiah and they trust Him to fix this trouble they face.
#The story of lazarus full#
Though they were not the ones to physically deliver the message, Mary and Martha sent word to Jesus that Lazarus was ill, “Lord the one you love is sick.” By this one sentence alone it is obvious that they are believers, full of faith and trust. The sisters ran straight to Jesus with their worry and trouble. But let us go to him.”ġ6 Then Thomas (also known as Didymus ) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”īefore analyzing this scripture, we need to first pause for a moment and take note of Mary and Martha’s response to the hardship they were facing with their brother’s illness…ġ. 10 It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.”ġ1 After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep but I am going there to wake him up.”ġ2 His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.” 13 Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.ġ4 So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, 15 and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.Ħ So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, 7 and then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”Ĩ “But Rabbi,” they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you, and yet you are going back?”ĩ Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light. 2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) 3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.”Ĥ When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
The chapter opens up with this passage, John 11:1-16: That’s one thing I love about God’s word: it’s timeless, and each time we read His words we extract something different and perfect for whatever we are facing that day. Though I’ve known the story of Lazarus since I was a small child, reading the words felt different this time. As I recently read the 11th chapter of John, my heart woke up to new truths.