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John
Chapter
11 (Continued) {Note: Erchomai is the simple word for coming. It is used for Jesus because He did the teaching to Martha, He had not been learning from her. It is in the pluperfect tense though that means 'He had not come and there was no intention for Him to come' to the village. He said in verse 11 Let us go to HIM to awaken him. Now we find that He never planned on going into the village first. }
31~~Then
the Jews
32~~
Now when Mary came {erchomai} to the place {Note: In Luke 10:39 Mary learns at the feet of Jesus. Here she fails at the feet of Jesus. In the next Chapter, Mary succeeds at the feet of Jesus. Here she uses the same words as her sister Martha did in verse 21. This gives us the idea that the two sisters were talking the issue over and each concluded that Jesus was at fault. Mary had doctrine. If she had relied on it instead of listening to other humans, she probably would not have failed here. Principal - other believers can lead you astray. Rely on doctrine in a crisis - period. You can NOT operate on the doctrine - or lack thereof - in the souls of others!}
{Verses
33-46:7th Sign of Messiahship} {Note: The word used for Mary's weeping is klaio. She should not be grieving 'as those who have no absolute confidence in phase III'. Same word was used with the unbelieving Jewish friends. But in Verse 35, the word dakruo was used for weeping instead. This means Christian grieve for the loss, but not a terrible grief as if you will never see them again.} {Note: Embrimaomai is a compound verb. Brimaomai means 'to snort with anger/indignation'. Em means He did this on the inside. Embrimaomai means that Jesus had righteous indignation in His Human Spirit.
34~~He
{Jesus} asked, {Note: 'But it is hopeless' is a translation of the Greek syntactical change in verbs erchomai and then horao. The syntax change in verbs indicates the hopelessness of the situation.}
{Jesus
Wept} {Note: Above we see Mary and the Jews 'hopelessly weeping' (klaio). But for Jesus weeping the word used is dakruo. This word is for the soft, tender, genuine shedding of tears. It is often used in the Greek for the soft crying of a woman when she is happy.}
{Correct
Human Viewpoint}
{Human
Viewpoint Accusing Jesus}
{Lazarus
Raised from the Dead}
{Jesus/God
Lets Man Do What He is Able To Do - then More Human Viewpoint} {Note: Just as in Acts, the angel sent to Peter told him to 'get dressed' after the angel removed his chains, here Jesus orders the Jews to do what men can do - remove the stone. The He as God will do what only God can do.}
40~~Jesus
said unto her {Martha},
{Man
Does What Man Do - Leave the Rest Up to the Lord!} {Note: Part of the sense of humor of God the Holy Spirit. The people used their muscles to lift away - airo - the stone from the cave/tomb of Lazarus. Jesus Christ only had to lift up His eyes - airo again - to raise Lazarus from the dead. Also, the verb lego is used when speaking without communicating doctrine. Laleo is used when doctrine is being communicated.}
42~~"
I have 'confidence from knowing in the past with the result that I
keep on knowing {Note: Oida in the perfect tense means you have inherent knowledge - you know it. Oida in the pluperfect means you not only know it perfectly, but you can apply it to the situation - thereby giving you confidence in the situation.} {Note: Ochlos is a group of people with no leader and no purpose - a mob. They are here for a 'good' purpose - to 'try and comfort' the family of Lazarus, but without doctrine they really do not know how. Now they are just confused with what is going on.}
43~~Having
spoken this, {Note: The soul of Lazarus was thousands of miles away. But he would have heard if Jesus only whispered. Jesus shouted so the multitude gathered would witness the 7th sign of Messiahship that Jesus is now offering. And, Jesus used Lazarus' name so all the dead would not arise!}
44~~The
one having died {Lazarus} came forth,
{The
Response of the Jewish Leaders} {Note: We have seen blepo, which is a glance, and horao, which is a panoramic view. Now we have theaomai, which is ' to see with your mind'. Meaning mentally it all came together for them and they now recognized the signs of Messiahship and accepted Christ as their savior.}
46~~But,
in contrast,
{Verses
47-57: Opposition/Reaction from Religion and Rationalism} {Note: The two main parties in the ruling council that Rome permitted as local rule of Jerusalem were the Sadducees and the Pharisees. The Pharisees were the religious crowd. They believed in the Old Testament, but distorted it into a religion. They were self-righteous and full of Tabooism. The Sadducees were rationalists. They were also politicians. They used the Old Testament as a method of keeping the Jews in line but did not believe the 'stories' to be true. The Greek word used here is 'sunedrion' from which we get the Sanhedrin Council. Most of these people are negative to the Lord and are worried about His effect on the people they rule.}
{What
to do! Possibility One - Ignore Him} {Note: They fail to recognize the freedom of choice of individuals. Not all would believe in Jesus Christ. And they are afraid that Rome will believe they are not in control and remove them from the authority that they now are permitted.}
49~~And
then one of them, Caiaphas,
50~~"'Think
like a politician' {oida dialogizomai} {Note: Oida means to have inherent knowledge. The meaning of dialogizomai depends on how it is used - to reason in some manner. Here Caiaphas is a smart politician and is telling them to 'use their brains' and think of their own advantage as all 'politicians' do (a statesman actually does think of the people; a politician only thinks of his own interests). He couches it with 'this if FOR the people' as all two-faced politicians do - when it is really their own rulership that they are worried about.} {Note: Apollumi is the Greek word for total destruction.}
{Human
Author John's Parenthetical Observation} {Note: Per RBT, John added his observation to what Caiaphas did. John is noting from 20/20 hindsight that Caiaphas did not intend to prophesize, but he did predict the future.}
53~~
So from that day {Note: Apokteino is now used instead of apollumi. This means 'to annihilate Him' - both Him and His message.}
{Jesus
Changes His Policy}
55~~And
then the Jews Passover was near,
56~~And,
then they began to search for Jesus, {Note: The Jews speculate that Jesus is afraid to come. He knows He will be killed if He comes! He has taken Himself out of public view.}
57~~Now
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