![]() This is why Jesus waited to prove Lazarus was dead and not in a coma-like state. This is important because the body was inspected for three days after death. Lazarus has been in the grave for four days. His teachings for the past three years are coming to an end, and the disciples still have trouble understanding his message. He is performing the miracle to convince his disciples he is the Christ. He tells his disciples Lazarus is sleeping and he will awaken him, but then clarifies that Lazarus is dead. Jesus waits two days before traveling to Bethany. In chapter 5 it states that Jesus loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus after stating in chapter 4 that “this sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.” In chapter 3 Lazarus is sick and Mary and Martha send word to Jesus that “he whom thou lovest is sick.” This happens after Lazarus is raise from the dead. John identifies Mary as the woman in Matthew and Mark who anointed Jesus with precious ointment and wiped his feet with her hair soon before his death. John tells the reader that Lazarus, Martha, and Mary live in Bethany, which is just under two miles east of Jerusalem. Does Martha go back to serving? Does Mary help her? Or do both sisters sit and listen to Jesus teach? I think that Martha joins Mary and listens to the teachings of Jesus because of what is revealed in John 11. Jesus says, “Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.” Martha complains to Jesus that Mary should help her serve. While Martha is serving the food, Mary sits at the feet of Jesus and listens to his teachings. The story of Lazarus being raised from the dead is a common Sunday School story and takes place in John 11 shortly before the crucifixion of Jesus, but we meet Mary and Martha, the sisters of Lazarus, early in the ministry of Jesus in Luke 10 where Martha receives Jesus into her house. ![]() But as adults, what can we learn from those lessons? Most Christians are familiar with the most popular stories taught in Sunday School.
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