Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

John is the only gospel writer who records the remarkable story we read today.

Jesus raised lots of people from the dead, but since John was a part of Jesus inner circle,

it's possible that this particular instance was more of a big deal to him personally,

because he probably knew Lazarus, Mary, and Martha.

By the way, you may recognize Mary and Martha, the sisters we read about in Luke 10.

But this Lazarus is different from the Lazarus we read about yesterday.

Lazarus gets sick and the sister's sin for Jesus, but he just keeps it what he's doing

and is like, I'm not worried about it, this illness isn't going to lead to death.

It's going to be used to glorify God.

And technically Lazarus does die, but he just doesn't stay dead.

So Jesus still knows what he's talking about here, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

Jesus doesn't go to their house right away. He stays two more days before heading there.

His delay has to be excruciating for Mary and Martha and possibly confusing for his disciples.

We'll come back to this, so put a pin in it.

The disciples don't want to go to Bethany where the family lives,

because the people there are always trying to kill Jesus.

It's just about two miles east of Jerusalem, but Jesus knows it's not time for him to die.

And in fact, it's time for Lazarus to undie, so they pack up and head to Bethany.

By the way, I love this statement from Thomas here.

I can't tell if he's truly committed and is enthusiastic when he says,

let us also go that we may die with him.

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