Unto death. Not to have death as its final issue.
For the glory [υ π ε ρ]. Here, as elsewhere in John, in behalf of. Canon Westcott remarks : "The sickness is regarded in a triple relation; unto, in respect of the actual result; in behalf of, in respect of the suffering born; in order that, in respect of the divine purpose."
Verse John 11:4. _THIS SICKNESS IS NOT UNTO DEATH_] Not to final privation of life at this time; but a temporary death shall be now permitted, that the glory of God may appear in the miracle of his r...
THIS SICKNESS IS NOT UNTO DEATH - The word “death” here is equivalent to remaining under death, Romans 6:23. “The wages of sin is death” - permanent or unchanging death, opposed to eternal life. Jesus...
CHAPTER 11 _ 1. The Sickness of Lazarus Announced. (John 11:1 .)_ 2. The Delayed Departure and the Death of Lazarus. (John 11:5 .) 3. The Arrival at Bethany. (John 11:17 .) 4. Weeping with Them Tha...
JOHN 11. THE RAISING OF LAZARAS. John 11:1. The Miracle. The withdrawal to Peræ a is brought to a sudden end by the illness of Jesus-' friend Lazarus. Bethany, to distinguish it from the Bethany beyon...
THIS SICKNESS IS NOT UNTO DEATH. Death was not its object. It had been permitted for another reason; viz., _for the glory of God._ He was glorified by the manifestation of the divine power of Christ...
ON THE ROAD TO GLORY (John 11:1-5)...
There was a man Lazarus, who came from Bethany from the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived, and he was ill. It was Mary who had anointed the Lord with perfumed ointment, and who had wiped...
JESUS. App-98. SICKNESS. Greek. _asthenia =_ weakness, not _nosos,_ active disease. See note on Matthew 4:23. NOT. Greek. ou, App-105. FOR. for the purpose of. Greek _huper.App-104._ THE GLORY, &c...
_is not unto death_ i.e. is not to have death as its final result. Christ foresaw both the death and the resurrection, and (as so often) uttered words which His disciples did not understand at the tim...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
THE PRELUDE TO THE SIGN...
ΕἾΠΕΝ. Not ἀπεκρίθη: His words are not a mere answer to the message, but a lesson to the Apostles also. ΟΥ̓Κ ἜΣΤΙΝ ΠΡῸΣ Θ. Is not to have death as its final result: for ‘He Himself knew what He would...
Ver 1. Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2. (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whos...
_THE DEATH OF LAZARUS -- JOHN 11:1-16:_ Jesus had three special friends in Bethany. They were Mary, Martha and Lazarus. This Mary was the same person who poured perfume on the Lord's head and wiped hi...
ΆΚΟΥΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать. _Aor._ указывает на предшествующее действие: "после того как Иисус услышал" ΠΡΟΣ ΘΆΝΑΤΟΝ к смерти. Этот оборот является более обнадеживающим...
THIS SICKNESS IS NOT UNTO DEATH,— Compare Matthew 9:24 and Mark 5:39. All that our Lord could mean here was, that this sickness ofLazarus was not designed to end in his death, considered as a final re...
A MAN DIES FOR A PURPOSE _Text 11:1-6_ 1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 And it was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment,...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 11:1-10 Below is an Analysis of the first ten verses of John 11. 1. Lazarus and his sisters, verses 1, 2. Before taking up the details of the passage which is...
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. WHEN [`BUT WHEN' de (G1161 )] JESUS HEARD THAT, HE SAID, T...
34 The term "gods" is translated "judges" in Exo_21:6; Exo_22:8-9, where it refers to men. But our Lord does not appeal to this, but to Psa_82:6 where the context clearly excludes men. The mighty spir...
NOT UNTO DEATH] i.e. not unto _permanent_ death. BUT FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, etc.] Lazarus was allowed to die that God might be glorified by his resurrection. So the blind man was born blind that God mi...
CHRIST THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE 1-44. The raising of Lazarus. The last and greatest of the seven 'signs' recorded in this Gospel is related with such photographic minuteness of detail, that it is...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 11 LAZARUS DIES 11:1-16 V1-2 A man called Lazarus was ill. He lived in Bethany. He had two sisters, Mary and Martha. (M...
WHEN JESUS HEARD THAT, HE SAID. — These words are not simply an answer sent to the sisters, but the uttered thought which arose in our Lord’s mind as He heard that Lazarus was ill, and were spoken in...
CHAPTER 23 JESUS THE RESURRECTION AND LIFE. “Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha. And it was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment,...
Ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν. “And Jesus when He heard said,” _i.e._, to His disciples. It was not the reply sent to the sisters. “This illness is not to death,” πρὸς θάνατον, death is not the end toward...
JESUS FACES DEATH FOR HIS FRIEND John 11:1-16 Sickness enters homes even where God is honored and loved. It is permitted because it affords an opportunity and platform for His delivering help. We sho...
Here we have the account of the last sign wrought by Jesus as recorded by John, namely, the raising of Lazarus. Very beautiful in this connection is the depiction of the sorrow of the sisters, and our...
This sickness is not unto death. This is, though he truly die, it is not designed that he remain dead. (Witham) --- This sickness is not unto death; because his death itself was not unto death, but ra...
CHAPTER 9 RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS John 11:1-44. “ _And a certain one was sick_: _Lazarus_, _of Bethany_, _the village of Mary and Martha her sister_.” John, who accompanied Jesus, very discreetly omi...
“ _The sisters therefore sent to Jesus to say to him, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick._ 4. _Jesus, having heard this, said: This sickness is not unto death; but it is for the glory of God, t...
FIRST SECTION: 11:1-57. THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS. No scene in this gospel is presented in so detailed and dramatic a manner. There is none from which appears more distinctly the character of Jesus...
I. THE PREPARATION: JOHN 11:1-16. John first describes the general situation, John 11:1-2; then, the conduct of Jesus towards the two sisters, John 11:3-6; finally, His conversations with the disciple...
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. (2) (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brot...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
4._Now Jesus, having heard this, said, This sickness is not to death. _He intended by this reply to free his disciples from anxiety, that they might not take it amiss, when they saw him giving himself...
We come now to the testimony which the Father renders to Jesus in answer to His rejection. In this chapter the power of resurrection and of life in His own Person are presented to faith. [40] But here...
WHEN JESUS HEARD THAT,.... That his friend Lazarus was sick, HE SAID; either to his disciples, or to the messenger or messengers that brought the account to him, and that on purpose to yield some rel...
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. Ver. 4. _But for the glory of God_] Happy Lazarus, though...
_Therefore his sisters_ Observing his sickness was of a dangerous kind, and therefore being full of concern for him, knowing where Jesus was, thought proper to send him word of it; for they firmly exp...
THIS SICKNESS IS NOT UNTO DEATH; not to a death from which he should not be quickly raised to life. MIGHT BE GLORIFIED; by raising Lazarus from the dead. The dispensations of Providence, as well as t...
THE RAISING OF LAZARUS. The death of Lazarus:...
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....
THE DEATH OF LAZARUS (vs.1-27) The raising of Lazarus in this chapter is a striking witness to the fact that the plotting of the Jews to kill the Lord Jesus was vanity; for He Himself is superior to...
1-6 It is no new thing for those whom Christ loves, to be sick; bodily distempers correct the corruption, and try the graces of God's people. He came not to preserve his people from these afflictions...
God hath not sent this sickness upon Lazarus to determine his being upon the earth; or such a separation of the soul of Lazarus from his body, as there shall be no reunion of it before the general res...
John 11:4 When G1161 Jesus G2424 heard G191 (G5660) said G2036 (G5627) This G3778 sickness G769 is...
‘But when Jesus heard it he said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby”.' Jesus' reply was that the sickness would not finally be te...
John 11:4. BUT WHEN JESUS HEARD THAT, HE SAID, THIS SICKNESS IS NOT UNTO DEATH, BUT FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, THAT THE SON OF GOD MAY BE GLORIFIED THEREBY. The reply of Jesus is not represented as address...
The manifestation of Jesus by Himself is about to terminate so far at least as the world is concerned, and it does so in His revealing Himself as the Resurrection and the Life, the Conqueror of death...
HEARD IT (ακουσας). The messenger delivered the message of the sisters. The reply of Jesus is for him and for the apostles.IS NOT UNTO DEATH (ουκ εστιν προς θανατον). Death in the final issue, to...
John 11:4 The Christian Uses of Sickness I. We do not sufficiently consider sickness in a Christian light. Undoubtedly, the failure of health is, and will ever be, esteemed a misfortune to any man. I...
John 11 In selecting this word we are struck with the frequency of its occurrence in this chapter. There is: I. The "If" of wisdom. Jesus answered "If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not." The...
John 11:1. _Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town or Mary and her sister Martha._ In God's book, towns are most remarkable for saints that dwell in them. «The town of Mary a...
John 11:1. _Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha._ To many people, it may have seemed an event of no particular importance that «a certain man...
CONTENTS: Raising of Lazarus. Enmity of the Pharisees against Jesus. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Lazarus, Mary, Martha, disciples, Pharisees, Thomas, Caiaphas. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ is the resurrection an...
John 11:2. _It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment._ The allusion to this anointing is obscure. It could not be to the similar occurrence in Luke 7., for that was a woman of the city;...
WILL NOT BE THE DEATH. As we look backward from our point in time, we see he spoke about God being glorified through the raising of this man from death....
_Now a certain man was sick named Lazarus of Bethany_ LAZARUS The English reader would at first sight hardly recognize the New Testament “Lazarus” as identical with the Old Testament “Eleazar. ” The...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 11:4 Lazarus’s illness did not ultimately LEAD TO DEATH though it did lead _through_ death to being raised from the dead. Jesus knew what was going to happen. In vv....
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 11:1 The raising of Lazarus is the ultimate messianic “sign” in this Gospel (see note on 2:11). This spectacular miracle (recorded only by John) anticipates Jesus’ own resurrection....
1-57 CHAPTER 11 VER. 1. _Lazarus_, a man honourable and rich, and therefore another person than the Lazarus who lay full of sores at the doors of the rich glutton (Luke 16) _Bethany_, _the town of M...
_When Jesus heard that He said, This sickness is not_, &c. First, because this death of Lazarus shall not be so much death, as sleep; for he shall wake again and rise from it. Whence (Joh 11:11) He sa...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ THE RAISING OF LAZARUS John 11:1. The various theories as to the reason why this great miracle is not recorded by the other Evangelists need not be fully discussed in...
EXPOSITION JOHN 11:1 7. _Christ the Antagonist of death—a victory of love and power_._ _The narrative of this chapter is a further advance in the proof that the unbelief of the Jews was aggravated b...
The gospel according to John, chapter 11. Now we remember that John is carefully picking out certain incidents in the life of Jesus by which he might prove that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of the l...
1 Peter 1:21; 1 Peter 4:11; 1 Peter 4:14; John 11:40; John 12:28;...
SICKNESS, DEATH, AND RESURRECTION John 11:3 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The resurrection of Christ is the usual message of Easter. However, we must remember that indissolubly linked with the resurrection of...
THE RAISING OF LAZARUS John 11:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Some ideas concerning the cause of sickness. (1) The ancients thought that sickness was the result of sin. The Book of Job goes into detail co...
This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God — The event of this sickness will not be death, in the usual sense of the word, a final separation of his soul and body; but a manifestation of...
Did Jesus make a mistake when He said Lazarus’ sickness was not unto death? PROBLEM: Jesus at first said, “This sickness is not unto death” (John 11:4). However, later even Jesus admitted that “Lazar...