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In human powerlessness – and what is death, if not a complete human helplessness – the power of God has shown.

This is the power of the creative word of God. ” Take away the stone,” he said, thanking the Father, and cried with a loud voice, »Lazarus, come out!” And the dead one came out. Even Jesus himself stands before this mystery. Is it now all over? The mystery of death – an issue that excites people of all time. Just recently, Lazarus was looking forward to life he could walk, dance, talk, work, love and taste the love of his beloved, even Jesus. Corpse associated with bandages, face wrapped with a cloth. Marta even confesses faith in Jesus as the Savior. The pain is great, not only for domestic ones, Jesus also cries.

Here we have the real death of a loved one.

Israelites in Babylon were crying because they experienced exile as death. His sisters Martha and Mary were weeping and grieving, like many others who came to comfort them. When Jesus came to Bethany, Lazarus was already four days in the tomb.

Lazarus sickness and death will be an opportunity to demonstrate God’s power and glory.

See all the other Bible readings and meditations 3. Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.” The Plot to Kill JesusĤ5 Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”Ĥ3 When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. “But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”Ĥ0 Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”Ĥ1 So they took away the stone. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.

34 “Where have you laid him?” he asked.ģ6 Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”ģ7 But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind manhave kept this man from dying?” Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Deadģ8 Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. 31 When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.ģ2 When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”ģ3 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

30 Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. “The Teacher is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.” 29 When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. 22 But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”Ģ3 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”Ģ4 Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”Ģ5 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”Ģ7 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God,who is to come into the world.”Ģ8 After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.Ģ1 “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 18 Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. Reading – Listening: The Gospel according to John 11,17−45 – J esus raises Lazarus from the dead Jesus Comforts the Sisters of Lazarusġ7 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. But You do not give up: “Come out!” “Untie him…” Christ, my God, revive my faith in You and untie the shackles that keep me in the grave. There, I know how it works, I know what to do, and I prefer grieving, if something cannot be done. Jesus, you are calling us to stand up, to begin to live a new life – awake us from death.