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Book of John Chapter 11 - Read Chapter 11:23 - [In Context ]Jesus said, "Your brother will rise and be alive again."
11:24 - [In Context ]Martha answered, "I know that he will rise to live again when people are resurrected (raised from death) on the last day."
11:25 - [In Context ]Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection. F176 I am life. The person that believes in me will have life {again} after he dies.
11:26 - [In Context ]And the person that lives and believes in me will never really die. Martha, do you believe this?"
11:27 - [In Context ]Martha answered, "Yes, Lord. I believe that you are the Christ, F177 the Son of God. You are the One that was coming to the world."
11:33 - [In Context ]Jesus saw that Mary was crying. Jesus saw the Jews that came with her. They were crying too. Jesus felt very upset. He was deeply troubled.
11:34 - [In Context ]Jesus asked, "Where did you put him (Lazarus)?" They said, "Lord, come and see."
11:35 - [In Context ]Jesus cried.
11:36 - [In Context ]And the Jews said, "Look! Jesus loved Lazarus very much!"
11:37 - [In Context ]But some of these Jews said, "Jesus healed the eyes of the blind man. Why didn't Jesus help Lazarus and stop him from dying?"
11:38 - [In Context ]Again Jesus felt very upset. Jesus came to the tomb F179 {where Lazarus was}. The tomb was a cave with a large stone covering the entrance.
11:39 - [In Context ]Jesus said, "Move the stone away." Martha said, "But Lord, it has been four days since Lazarus died. There will be a bad smell." Martha was the sister of the dead man (Lazarus).
11:40 - [In Context ]Then Jesus said to Martha, "Remember what I told you? I said that if you believed, then you would see the glory of God."
FOOTNOTES: F176: resurrection Being raised from death to live again.
F177: Christ The "anointed one" (Messiah) or chosen one of God.
F179: tomb A grave dug in a wall of rock.
Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; WJD - What Jesus Did!; UTM - My Utmost for His Highest;
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