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John 11:1-45

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bulletReading the Text:
bullet NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
bullet The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
bulletThe Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
bulletThe World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition & sermons.
bulletHistorical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bulletThe Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
bulletComparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit: Eternal Life.
bullet "World Light," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C. Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation.
bullet Chapter X, The Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians, Ignatius of Antioch (c. 110). (Longer Version - 4th cent interpolation)
bullet XXXVII.46-61; XXXVIII.1-29; Tatian's Diatessaron (c. 150-160).
bullet IV.V.2, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
bullet I.2, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
bullet Chapter X, Considering Repentance Tertullian (c. 203)
bullet Chapter XXIII, Chapter XXVI, Against Praxeas Tertullian (c. 213)
bullet I.5, I.11, 1.25, Commentary on the Gospel of John, Origen. (c.228)
bullet VI.24, Commentary on the Gospel of John, Philocalia [anthology of Origen prepared by St. Basil and St. Gregory Nazianzen], Origen. (c.230)
bullet VII.XVI, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
bullet On the Mortality -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 252)
bulletFrom Augustine's Tractates on John: Tractate 49: (11:1-54).
bullet"Every man who lies in that dire moral condition has it said to him, "He cometh to the tomb.""
bulletFrom the Geneva Notes.
bullet"Christ, in restoring the rotting body of his friend to life, shows an example both of his mighty power, and also of his singular good will toward men: and this is also an image of the resurrection to come."
bulletFrom Matthew Henry's Commentary.
bullet"A true Christian, when he dies, does but sleep; he rests from the labours of the past day. Nay, herein death is better than sleep, that sleep is only a short rest, but death is the end of earthly cares and toils."
bulletThe Resurrection of Lazarus (John 11:43-44): sermon by George Whitefield.
bulletFrom Wesley's Notes.
bullet"If the Jews buried as the Egyptians did, the face was not covered with it, but it only went round the forehead, and under the chin; so that he might easily see his way."
bullet"A Mystery! Saints Sorrowing and Jesus Glad!" John 11:14,15, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1864.
bulletFrom the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
bullet"Says BENGEL beautifully, "Sleep is the death of the saints, in the language of heaven; but this language the disciples here understood not; incomparable is the generosity of the divine manner of discoursing, but such is the slowness of men's apprehension that Scripture often has to descend to the more miserable style of human discourse."
bullet"Beloved, and Yet Afflicted," John 11:3, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1880.
bullet"Though He Were Dead," John 11:24-26, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1884.
bulletFrom The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
bullet"Christ makes the grand, striking declaration that he is the RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE, words that never could have fallen from the lips of a sane mortal. They mean that he is the power which opens every grave, gives life to the sleepers, and calls them forth to a new existence; that the life that endows men with eternal being is in him and proceeds from him. In the light of his own resurrection they mean that when he burst open the tomb he did it for humanity and in him humanity has won the victory over death."
bullet"Even Now," John 11:22, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1892.
bullet"Oh, How He Loves!" John 11:36, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1910.
bullet"The Welcome Visitor," John 11:28-32, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1915.
bulletContemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
bullet "First Thoughts on Year A Gospel Passages in the Lectionary: Lent 5," William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia, 2002.
bullet"The point of the saying, and ultimately of the narrative as a whole, is to make and celebrate the claim that people who believe in Jesus find life. It is eternal life, which includes timelessness or eternity in the temporal sense, but the focus is quality not quantity. It is sharing the life of God here and now and forever."
bullet John 11:1-45, Lent 5A, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bullet "Jesus and Lazarus," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
bullet"Jesus taught us that God, our Heavenly Father, always heard him, and by implication, always hears us as well."
bullet "The Confession of Martha and the Anger of Jesus," Kenneth E. Bailey, Presbyterian Outlook, 2008. (Requires free registration.)
bullet"Has our awareness of the acceptance by Jesus of the way of sorrows in Gethsemane prevented us from reflecting on the anger behind the silent Jesus during his trial and crucifixion?"
bullet Dylan's Lectionary Blog, Lent 5. Biblical Scholar Sarah Dylan Breuer looks at readings for the coming Sunday in the lectionary of the Episcopal Church, 2005.
bullet"Open every dark place to light and air; this is the time to uncover and unbind!"
bullet "Jesus Wept," The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with Jesus Foundation, 2008.
bullet "Part of Christian maturity involves learning to wait. We ought to be confident not so much about our chances for a rosy outcome, or about exactly where, when and how God will act, but confident that He will act."
bullet Exegesis, vanThanh Nguyen, Lectionary Homiletics Sample.
bullet"Jesus also cries out to each one of us to "come out" of our darkness and fear so that we might truly live in perfect union with Jesus as he is with the Father."
bullet "Fifth Sunday in Lent: John 11:1-53," New Sight, New Life: Lenten Gospels, Gracia Grindal, Word & World: Theology for Christian Ministry, Luther Northwestern Theological School, 1996.
bulletLectionary Commentary and Preaching Paths (Lent A5), by Jirair Tashjian, at The Christian Resource Institute.
bullet"Christ’s death and resurrection have forever changed the meaning of our own mortality and the meaning of life."
bullet Exegetical Notes (Lent 5), by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
bullet"It is quite possible that Mary and Martha, as single women, were dependent upon Lazarus. His death would be more than just the loss of a brother, but of their means of living (Malina & Rohrbaugh, p. 195)."
bullet "Back to Life," Suzanne Guthrie, The Christian Century, 2005.
bullet"Lazarus comes forth from death for death, this time not by disease but perhaps by the disturbed Sanhedrin -- to be put to death for responding to life, Just as Jesus would be put to death for bringing forth life."
bullet "Hope in a Time of Loss," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's Story, Family Activity, Support Materials.
bullet"What was the last funeral you attended? Was the deceased close to you? Did you need time to grieve?"
bullet "Unbind Him and Let Him Go," Jerry Goebel, One Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study and activities.
bullet"The work of Jesus is to bring life; the work of the congregation is to unbind people from the trappings of death.  The words that Christ speaks are so full; he literally tells the ‘congregation’; 'Destroy what holds him down. Send him forth free.'"
bulletExegetical Notes (All Saints B), By Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
bullet"This text illustrates that our sainthood comes solely through the power of God. Dead Lazarus could do nothing for himself (or for God). He could only passively receive the new life God gave him."
bullet "Grief and Glory," Frederick J. Streets, The Christian Century, 1993.
bullet"Suffering and loss may not be necessary for being led to God, but death seems an unavoidable part of the journey."
bullet"Martha," Sarah M. Foulger, Stirred by the Light - Voices of Lent.
bullet "I Am the Resurrection and the Life," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
bullet "A Twofold Death and Resurrection," Fred B. Craddock, The Christian Century, March, 1999. At Religion Online.
bullet"Faith is always first generation, with an immediacy about it that does not distinguish between our being there and his being here."
bullet"The Resurrection and the Life (John 11:1-53)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
bullet"If God is God at all, He is God of all. It is impossible for God to be God and not to be responsible (ultimately) for all that occurs. By this I do not mean to say that God is the source of all evil, but that God is responsible for including the existence of evil, tragedy, and suffering in His plan."
bullet John 11:32-44, All Saints Day B, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bullet John 11:21-27, Remembrance Sunday, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bulletArticles & Background:
bullet Lazarus, Wikipedia article.
bullet "The Meaning of Vocation," A.J. Conyers, (other resources at) "Vocation," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2004.
bullet"'Vocation' is distorted by two disastrous misunderstandings: a secularized idea of 'career' and a monastic concept of the religious life."
bullet"The Sociology of Secrecy and the Fourth Gospel." Jerome H. Neyrey, in What Is John? Vol. II: Literary and Social Readings of the Fourth Gospel, 79-109. F. Segovia, ed. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998.
bullet"Once we start to pull back the veil, we notice numerous instances of hiding-revealing, secrecy, ambiguity and even lying. The following is an attempt to catalogue the primary and related instances of secrecy and "information control" in the document."
bullet "Spirituality and the Avoidant Personality," L. Rebecca Propst, Lewis and Clark College. Theology Today, 1992.
bullet"Dorothee Soelle in her critique of post-Christian apathy states that we are so dominated by the goal of avoiding suffering that we wall out the world and assume we have a God who does the same. But pain can be good if it furthers the process of its own abolition."
bullet "Women and Conflict," Pamela Cooper-White at The Living Pulpit.
bullet"Women often avoid disagreement in order to preserve relationship, but often at the expense of their own truth and sometimes their safety as well."
bullet "Households of Faith," Dr. Mary Coloe, Pacifica, 2000.
bullet "The Promise of Life in the Gospel of John," Paul S. Minear, Yale University. Theology Today, 1993.
bullet"We are now in a position to resolve the apparent contradiction in the two promises given by Jesus to Martha. As the life, Jesus promised believers that they would never die; as the resurrection, he indicated the kind of dying that would lead to resurrection. The death from which believers were promised immunity was the death in sin.... Those who live 'in Christ' will never suffer that death. The death that followers of Christ would die was another thing entirely."
bulletTears from Jewish Heritage OnLine Magazine.
bullet "Did Jesus Really Raise Lazarus from the Dead?" James Merrill Hamilton Jr., bible.org.
bulletArticles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
bulletBauermeister, Paul, "The Lazarus Lesson," Currents in Theology and Mission, 1986.
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bulletBrown, Raymond E., S.S., "Roles of Women in the Fourth Gospel," Theological Studies, 1975.
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bullet Burghardt, Walter J., S.J., "A Child Is Born to Us; A Child Is Torn from Us: A Letter to Grieving Parents," The Living Pulpit, 2003.
 
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bulletBurkett, Delbert, "Two Accounts of Lazarus' Resurrection in John 11," Novum Testamentum, 1994.
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bulletChung, Sook Ja, "Bible Study: Women's Ways of Doing Mission in the Story of Mary and Martha," International Review of Mission, 2004.
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bulletCooper-White, Pamela, "Women and Conflict," The Living Pulpit, 1994.
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bulletCraddock, Fred B., "Jesus Wept: John 11:32-44," Journal for Preachers, 2000.
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bulletCraddock, Fred B., "A Twofold Death and Resurrection," The Christian Century, 1990.
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bulletGrindal, Gracia, "New Sight, New Life: Lenten Gospels," Word & World, 1996.
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bulletGuthrie, Suzanne, "Back to Life," The Christian Century, 2005.
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bulletHoward, James M., "The Significance of Minor Characters in the Gospel of John," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2006. (see section beginning on page 75)
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bulletHunter, W. Bingham, "Contextual and Genre Implications for the Historicity of John 11:41b-42," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1985.
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bulletMinear, Paul S., "The Promise of Life in the Gospel of John," Theology Today, 1993.
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bulletO'Day, Gail R., "Jesus As Friend in the Gospel of John," Interpretation, 2004. (See also, Friendship, issue focus of Interpretation, 2004.)
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bulletPropst, L. Rebecca, "Spirituality and the Avoidant Personality," Theology Today, 1992.
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bulletReid, Barbara E., "The Cross and Cycles of Violence," Interpretation, 2004. (See section beginning on p. 381) (See also entire issue: Violence in the Bible, Interpretation, 2004.)
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bulletRobertson, Anne, "Between Text & Sermon: John 11:1-53," Interpretation, 2004.
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bulletSchneiders, Sandra M., IHM, "Death in the Community of Eternal Life: History, Theology and Spirituality in John 11," Interpretation, 1987.
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bulletStreets, Frederick J., "Grief and Glory," The Christian Century, 1993.
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bulletTaylor, Barbara Brown, "Can These Bones Live?" The Christian Century, 1996.
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bulletWardlaw, Theodore J., "When Jesus Wept: John 11:1-45," Journal for Preachers, 2000.
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bulletWebb-Mitchell, Brett, "Lessons on Breathing: John 11:1-45," Journal for Preachers, 1997.
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bulletWray, Judith Hoch, "Preaching Joy," The Living Pulpit, 1996. (see Joy issue focus of The Living Pulpit 5.4, 1996.)
 
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bulletWuellner, Wilhelm, "Putting Life Back into the Lazarus Story and Its Reading: The Narrative Rhetoric of John 11 as the Narration of Faith," Semeia, 1991.
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bulletReviews:
bulletEsler, Philip and Ronald A. Piper, Lazarus, Mary and Martha: A Social-Scientific and Theological Reading of John. SCM, 2006. Reviews by Jan G. van der Watt and Peter Phillips, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007/08.
bulletSermons:
bullet "Unbind Him and Let Him Go!" the Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler, Day 1, 2008.
bullet "An In-Between Time," the Rev. Joy Yee, Day 1, 2006.
bullet "Lazarus: Jesus Bursting into Tears," Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
bullet November 5, 2006, All Saints Day, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors:
bullet "On This Day, All Saints Are One," David Zersen
bullet John 11.23-44, Timothy J. Hoyer
bullet "Easter and the Fear of Death," the Rev. Dr. John Claypool, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1997.
bullet "A Dead Man," John Jewell, 1999.
bullet "Weeping with One Eye," the Rev. Dr. Thomas Lane Butts, Day 1, 1996.
bullet "The Grief and the Glory," the Rev. Sheila C. Gustafson, Day 1, 1996.
bulletFather Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily:
bullet Lent 5, 2008
bullet Lent 5, 2005
bullet Lent 5, 2002
bullet Lent 5, 1999
bullet Lent 5, 1996 (Dr. Mary G. Durkin)
bulletWith Children:
bullet "Mary, Martha and Lazarus," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
bullet "Raising of Lazarus," Fr Max Bowers, Kids Church.
bullet "A Savior Who Weeps," Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com.
bullet "Back from the Dead!" Rosemarie Ann Haas, The Children's Chapel.
bullet "Jesus Recalls Lazarus to Life," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
bullet "Reading Signs," Lois Parker Edstrom, Lectionary.org.
bullet "Lazarus Come Forth," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
bullet "Jesus Raises Lazarus," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
bullet Gospel Puzzles, John 11:1-45, Mark Ryman, edoxy.com.
bullet "Overtime," Bryan Clements, sermons4kids.com.
bullet Jesus Raises Lazarus Wordsearch, Jesus Raises Lazarus Maze, sermons4kids.com.
bulletDrama:
bullet "Louisiana Bones - Walking with God," Heather Cooper, dramatix.
bullet "Cryonics," John McNeil, dramatix.
bullet "Lazarus of Bethany," Doug Boatright, dramatix.
bullet "Ophelia and the Alive Again Feast!" Michelle Pitman, dramatix.
bullet "Good Grief!" puppet script, Mark McClintock, (other resources at) "Children," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2003.
bulletGraphics & Bulletin Materials:
bullet Clip Art, John 11:25, John 11:43, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.