![]() ![]() His reaction helps us more easily relate to the human man, Jesus. In the shortest scripture in the Bible, John (11:35, NIV) said, “Jesus wept.” Even though he KNEW Lazarus was going to be raised, he STILL felt sad and sympathized with everyone who was crying. When he arrived and saw all the people crying, he cried too. In our day, when we learn about this miracle, we not only recognize God’s power through His son, but we see the compassionate character of Jesus. Jesus made it clear that the power to raise Lazarus was coming from God and not himself. He said this so they would believe that God DID actually send him to be the Savior of the world (see John 11:42). (see John 12:17,18) Before Jesus performed the miracle, he prayed aloud in front of Mary and Martha, the sisters of Lazarus, and other witnesses, thanking God for hearing him. This miracle made a lasting impression on many. (see John 5:28,29)Īfter Jesus said that Lazarus was dead, he added, “…I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe.” (John 11:15, NKJ) He meant that seeing Lazarus raised would help them believe in the resurrection power of God – which would soon become a great comfort to them after Jesus was crucified. With God’s power, Jesus will eventually awaken EVERYONE who has ever died out of this “sleep” condition in the future resurrection. ![]() Here Jesus gave us a clue as to what death is like – sleeping. ![]() (see John 11:12) Jesus then told them plainly that Lazarus was dead. The disciples, thinking he was referring to ACTUAL sleep, said that if Lazarus was resting, then he would get better. In a seemingly curious conversation, Jesus first told his disciples that Lazarus was “sleeping,” and that he would go and wake him up. No one could say he was just resting deeply or in a coma. Why? Because this way the miracle would have the most powerful effect. But instead of visiting him right away, he waited until Lazarus had died and been in the tomb for four days (see John 11:17). ![]() They are not to be used in any context where the accompanying message is undermining of the Christian faith and gospel.Jesus’ dear friend Lazarus was very sick. Downloaded pictures can be used in the retelling of Bible stories and narrative that are faithful to the Biblical account.You cannot redistribute this set of images online but you can create a link to the relevant page on, or to allow others to download these images under the same Terms of Download.These images cannot be sold under any circumstances or used in any format for commercial gain.Individual images can be used in educational or ministry web articles, blogs and social media with attribution to Nancy Cunningham / Rachael Coate / Basic Training Bible Ministries.They are released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. They are the copyright of Basic Training Bible Ministries who have granted FreeBibleimages permission to distribute them for educational and ministry use only. These images were created by Rachael Coate and the text by Nancy Cunningham. ![]()
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