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 in her

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 sisters 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 pen 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 undy. So they pack up and head to Bethany.

By the way, I love the 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. Or if it's more sarcastic like, let us also go that we may

die with him. Like, you got to be kidding me. Okay, pack up. I guess we're getting dragged to our

deaths too. I can relate to both options. When they arrive, Lazarus is four days dead. Mary stays inside

morning, but Martha, ever the doer, runs out to meet Jesus and asks him to do something, though

she doesn't exactly know what. Then one of the most ironic moments in Jesus ministry happens.

You know how he's always talking about things on a spiritual and eternal level,

but people think he's talking about physical things? Well, the one time he's talking about a physical

thing, he still gets misunderstood because Martha thinks it's spiritual. Jesus says, I'm going to raise

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