John 11:1-45
- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition & sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- The Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
- "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.
- Chapter X, The Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians, Ignatius of Antioch (c. 110). (Longer Version - 4th cent interpolation)
- XXXVII.46-61; XXXVIII.1-29; Tatian's Diatessaron (c. 150-160).
- IV.V.2, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- I.2, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- Chapter X, Considering Repentance, Tertullian (c. 203)
- Chapter XXIII, Chapter XXVI, Against Praxeas, Tertullian (c. 213)
- I.5, I.11, 1.25, Commentary on the Gospel of John, Origen. (c.228)
- VI.24, Commentary on the Gospel of John, Philocalia [anthology of Origen prepared by St. Basil and St. Gregory Nazianzen], Origen. (c.230)
- VII.XVI, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
- On the Mortality -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 252)
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From
Augustine's Tractates on John:
Tractate 49: (11:1-54).
- "Every man who lies in that dire moral condition has it said to him, "He cometh to the tomb.""
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "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."
- From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
- "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."
- The Resurrection of Lazarus (John 11:43-44): sermon by George Whitefield.
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "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."
- "A Mystery! Saints Sorrowing and Jesus Glad!" John 11:14,15, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1864.
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "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."
- "Beloved, and Yet Afflicted," John 11:3, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1880.
- "Though He Were Dead," John 11:24-26, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1884.
- From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "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."
- "Even Now," John 11:22, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1892.
- "Oh, How He Loves!" John 11:36, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1910.
- "The Welcome Visitor," John 11:28-32, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1915.
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Commentary, John 11:32-44 (All Saints), Ginger Barfield,
Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
- "Death is real and harsh. No resuscitation of Lazarus from the dead should sentimentalize or simplify that truth."
- "Lazarus," Frederick Buechner, Peculiar Treasures.
- The Raising of Lazarus, audio telling, story in episodes, graphic, audio and written commentaries. Go Tell Communications, Biblical Storytelling for the Global Village, 2012.
- "Who Stinketh?" Rick Morley, 2012.
- "Lazarus: Miracle and Motive," The Fat Pastor, 2012.
- Radical Gratitude, lectionary-based stewardship, Northwest United Methodist Foundation. (.pdf)
- Commentary, John 11:1-45 (Lent 5A), Meda Stamper,
Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- "As we approach Holy Week, having Jesus at our tombs also means that we must follow him to his."
- "It Is Never Too Soon to Give Up Hope," Peter Woods, I Am Listening, 2011.
- "Jesus knows that Lazarus is dead. He tells his disciples this brutal truth. Only then does he decide to go to nearby Bethany. He arrives on the fourth day. The day that is beyond all hope. All through Scripture the third day is the day that God acts. Jesus arrives on the hopeless day, the fourth."
- Exegetical Notes (Lent 5), by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
- "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)."
- "The Cost of Living," John van de Laar, Sacredise, 2011.
- "If you had the capacity to give life to someone, to enable them to live more fully, more vibrantly, more meaningfully – to discover what it means to be truly alive – would you do it, if you doing so would cost you your own life?"
- Lectionary Blogging, Lent 5, John Petty, Progressive Involvement, 2011.
- "The word 'Lazarus' comes from the Hebrew eleazer. 'Lazarus' is believed to be a Galilean pronunciation of Eleazar, indicating that Lazarus and his sisters perhaps were 'Galileans.'"
- "Shouting Stones: Nicodemus in the Shadows," Peter Wallace, Patheos, 2011.
- "Lazarus Is Us," Reflections on John 11:1-45, Alyce McKenzie, Edgy Exegesis, Patheos, 2011.
- "The epiphany is that we are to see ourselves in Lazarus and see the miracle of his restoration of physical life as the beginning of our entry into eternal life that begins the moment we accept Jesus' offer of relationship with us."
- Lent 5, John 11:1-45, a telling and video performance criticism, Tim Coombs, NBSINT, 2011. (At YouTube)
- Holy
Textures, Understanding the Bible in its own time and in ours, John 11:1-45, David Ewart, 2011.
- "This story about Lazarus shares much in common with that of the Samaritan woman at the well. With the Samaritan woman the issue was seeing Jesus as the source of living water as compared to ordinary water. Here the issue is to see Jesus as the source of living life as compared to ordinary life."
- "A Lazarus in our Time," Jeanette Cooper Hicks, Church Health Reader, 2011.
- "Hicks reflects on a soldier's hope while dealing with loss of his own limbs."
- "Verbs," David Lose, WorkingPreacher, 2011.
- Commentary, John 11:1-45, Karoline Lewis, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
-
"First
Thoughts on Year A Gospel Passages in the Lectionary:
Lent 5,"
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- "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."
- John 11:1-45, Lent 5A, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
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Commentary, John 11:28-44, Kenyatta R. Gilbert,
The African American Lectionary, 2009.
- "In the will of God, grace is to be received."
-
"Jesus and Lazarus,"
Gospel Analysis, Sermons from
Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
- "Jesus taught us that God, our Heavenly Father, always heard him, and by implication, always hears us as well."
-
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.
- "Open every dark place to light and air; this is the time to uncover and unbind!"
-
"Jesus
Wept,"
The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey
with Jesus Foundation, 2008.
- "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."
- "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.
- Lectionary
Commentary and Preaching Paths (Lent A5), by Jirair Tashjian, at The
Christian Resource Institute.
- "Christ?s death and resurrection have forever changed the meaning of our own mortality and the meaning of life."
-
"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.
- "What was the last funeral you attended? Was the deceased close to you? Did you need time to grieve?"
- John 11:32-44, All Saints Day B, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- Holy Textures, Understanding the Bible in its own time and in ours,
John 11:32-44, David Ewart, 2009.
- "If the authors of the Lectionary had allowed us to read a few verses more, we would discover that for some of the Jerusalem crowd, restoring Lazarus to life was the final straw that convinced the religious elite that Jesus was too dangerous to continuing living."
- Exegetical
Notes
(All Saints B), By Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian
Resources.
- "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."
- "I Am the Resurrection and the Life," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
- "The
Resurrection and the Life (John 11:1-53)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "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."
- John 11:21-27, Remembrance Sunday, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- Lazarus, Wikipedia article.
-
"The Meaning of Vocation," A.J. Conyers, (other resources at)
"Vocation," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian
Ethics at Baylor University, 2004.
- "'Vocation' is distorted by two disastrous misunderstandings: a secularized idea of 'career' and a monastic concept of the religious life."
- "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.
- "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."
- Tears from Jewish Heritage OnLine Magazine.
- "Did Jesus Really Raise Lazarus from the Dead?" James Merrill Hamilton Jr., bible.org.
- Commentary, John 11:32-44 (All Saints), Ginger Barfield,
Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Bauermeister, Paul,
"The Lazarus Lesson," Currents in Theology and Mission, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Brown, Raymond E.,
S.S.,
"Roles of Women in the Fourth Gospel," Theological Studies, 1975.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials -
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.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Burkett, Delbert,
"Two Accounts of Lazarus' Resurrection in John 11," Novum Testamentum,
1994.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Chung, Sook Ja,
"Bible Study: Women's Ways of Doing Mission in the Story of Mary and
Martha," International Review of Mission, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Cooper-White, Pamela,
"Women and Conflict," The Living Pulpit, 1994.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Craddock, Fred B.,
"Jesus Wept: John 11:32-44," Journal for Preachers, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Craddock, Fred B.,
"A Twofold Death and Resurrection," The Christian Century, 1990.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Grindal, Gracia, "New Sight, New
Life: Lenten Gospels," Word & World, 1996.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Guthrie, Suzanne, "Back to Life," The Christian Century, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - "Homiletical Helps," Concordia Journal, 2011. (Section on this text begins on page 72)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASeria - "Homiletical Helps on LW Series A," Concordia Journal, 2005. (Section on this text begins on page 71)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerial - Howard, James M., "The Significance of Minor Characters in the Gospel of John," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2006. (see section beginning on page 75)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Howell, Maxine, "Towards a Womanist Pneumatological Pedagogy: Reading and Re-reading the Bible from British Black Women's Perspectives," Black Theology, 2009.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hunter, W. Bingham, "Contextual and Genre Implications for the Historicity of John 11:41b-42," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kersten, Phyllis, "Living by the Word: Revelation 21:1-6, John 11:32-44," The Christian Century,
2009.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Minear, Paul S., "The Promise of Life in the Gospel of John," Theology Today, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - O'Day, Gail R., "Jesus As Friend in the Gospel of John," Interpretation, 2004. (See also, Friendship, issue focus of Interpretation, 2004.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Propst, L. Rebecca, "Spirituality and the Avoidant Personality," Theology Today, 1992.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Reid, 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.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Robertson, Anne, "Between Text & Sermon: John 11:1-53," Interpretation, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Schneiders, Sandra M., IHM, "Death in the Community of Eternal Life: History, Theology and Spirituality in John 11," Interpretation, 1987.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Streets, Frederick J., "Grief and Glory," The Christian Century, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Taylor, Barbara Brown, "Can These Bones Live?" The Christian Century, 1996.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wardlaw, Theodore J., "When Jesus Wept: John 11:1-45," Journal for Preachers, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Webb-Mitchell, Brett, "Lessons on Breathing: John 11:1-45," Journal for Preachers, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wray, Judith Hoch, "Preaching Joy," The Living Pulpit, 1996. (see Joy issue focus of The Living Pulpit 5.4, 1996.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wuellner, Wilhelm, "Putting Life Back into the Lazarus Story and Its Reading: The Narrative Rhetoric of John 11 as the Narration of Faith," Semeia, 1991.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials- Sermons:
- "Unbind Him and Let Him Go!" the Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler, Day 1, 2008.
- "An In-Between Time," the Rev. Joy Yee, Day 1, 2006.
- "Lazarus: Jesus Bursting into Tears," Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
- November 5, 2006, All Saints Day, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors:
- "On This Day, All Saints Are One," David Zersen
- John 11.23-44, Timothy J. Hoyer
- "Weeping with One Eye," the Rev. Dr. Thomas Lane Butts, Day 1, 1996.
- "The Grief and the Glory," the Rev. Sheila C. Gustafson, Day 1, 1996.
- Father Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily:
- Lent 5, 2008
- Lent 5, 2005
- Lent 5, 2002
- Lent 5, 1999
- Lent 5, 1996 (Dr. Mary G. Durkin)
- With Children:
- "Mary, Martha and Lazarus," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
- "A Savior Who Weeps,"Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com.
- "Back from the Dead!" Rosemarie Ann Haas, The Children's Chapel.
- "Jesus Recalls Lazarus to Life,"Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- "Lazarus Come Forth,"Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
- "Jesus Raises Lazarus," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
- Gospel Puzzles, John 11:1-45, Mark Ryman, edoxy.com.
- "Overtime," Bryan Clements, sermons4kids.com.
- Jesus Raises Lazarus Wordsearch, Jesus Raises Lazarus Maze, sermons4kids.com.
- Drama:
- "Louisiana Bones - Walking with God," Heather Cooper, dramatix.
- "Cryonics," John McNeil, dramatix.
- "Lazarus of Bethany," Doug Boatright, dramatix.
- "Ophelia and the Alive Again Feast!" Michelle Pitman, dramatix.
- "Good Grief!" puppet script, Mark McClintock, (other resources at) "Children," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2003.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, John 11:25, John 11:43, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
- Images for this week's readings, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
- Rich Man and Lazarus, PCUSA Stewardship.
- John 11:1-45, Lectionary Clipart, Hermanoleon Clipart.
- Clip Art Images: John 11:1-45, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
- John 11:1-45, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
- John 11:1-45, at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
- John 11:25, Heartlight - Free Christian PowerPoint Backgrounds.
- Clip Art: Jesus Calls to Lazarus, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
- Lazarus Imposter, Fetch a Breath Mint, You Bury It, You Bought It, Weirdest Sleep, I'm Not Dead Yet, Too Much ID, Reverend Fun Cartoon, gospelcom.net. Check for printing permissions at right-hand side of destination page.
- Hymns and Music:
- Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
- "Trust in His Eternal Care," TEXT: Mark Ryman (2005) based on John 11:1-45. TUNE: "Regent Square." New Hymns for the Lectionary.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: John 11:11, 23, 27, 28, 35, 43. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
- Hymn selections (United Methodist) and more from Hymnsite.com.
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Resurrection (see especially The Hurricane)
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of John
- Sermons:
- Bauermeister, Paul,
"The Lazarus Lesson," Currents in Theology and Mission, 1986.
