Hey guys, my name is Johnny Artivannis, and this is Dial In. We've arrived at the midway point

in John's gospel, and Jesus is nearing his execution. In this episode, we're in John

Chapter 11 versus 1 through 27. Let's dial in.

John Chapter 11 versus 1 through 27 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.

So the sisters sent to him saying,

Lord, he whom you love is ill. But when Jesus heard it, he said, this illness does not lead to death.

It is for the glory of God so that the son of God may be glorified through it. Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days

longer in the place where he was.

Then after this, he said to his disciples, let us go to Judea again. The disciples said to him,

Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going back there again?

Jesus answered, are there not 12 hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble because

he sees the light of this world. But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles because the light is not

in him. After saying these things, he said to them, our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to

awaken him. The disciples said to him, Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover. Now, Jesus had

spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest and sleep. Then Jesus told him

plainly, Lazarus has died. And for your sake, I am glad that I was not there so that you may

believe, but let us go to him. So Thomas called the twin, said to his fellow disciples,

let us also go, that

we may die with him. Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb

four days. Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, and many of the Jews had come to Martha

and Mary to console him concerning their brother. So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming,

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