Bible gateway lazarus story2/21/2024 He had already said to Mary and Martha, the sisters of Lazarus: “Your brother will rise again” (23). Christ, and not death, will have the final word in this fallen world. By raising Lazarus from the dead, Jesus was demonstrating to onlookers that the Son of Man has power over death. Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead he commanded the stone to be removed and called Lazarus forth from it. So Jesus wept.īut Jesus also comforted those who wept with Him over Lazarus by telling them the purpose of this providential moment. Evil, moral and natural, including death, pain and suffering, is a result of sin brought into the good world that God the Son created in the beginning. But Jesus also wept because, as God, he knew the meaning of and reason for death. He wept because Jesus is human, with all the emotions that come with that. He referred to the death of Lazarus as sleep (no suffering, temporary, see verse 11). Jesus wept despite knowing that Lazarus was no longer suffering. Jesus wept despite believing that Lazarus was in a better place. The death of loved ones hurt, even when or if we believe true and comforting things about them. But I would weep again, hard, when I’d see my brother weep or my children weep. As fellow humans with Jesus, we can relate. The emotions of the moment overwhelmed him. Jesus saw the grief to others caused by the death of Lazarus (33). How should we respond to death? It is natural and good to mourn the loss of a loved one.
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