2. john
John 11.1–53
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3. Questions:

4. 1. What did Jesus say was the purpose of Lazarus’s illness (11.1–4)?

5. 2. What did Jesus say had happened to Lazarus (11.5–16)?

6. 3. How long had Lazarus been dead by the time Jesus arrived and why is this significant (11.17–27)?

7. 4. What did Jesus ask Martha if she believed (11.17–27)?

8. 5. What did Mary say would have happened if Jesus had come sooner (11

9. 6. What did Lazarus look like when he came out of the tomb (11.38–44)?

10. 7. What did Caiaphas prophecy about Jesus (11.45–53)?

11. Digging Deeper:

12. 8. Where is it recorded that Mary “anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair” (11.2)?

13. 9. Jesus boldly proclaimed, “I am the resurrection and the life” (11
9. Jesus boldly proclaimed, “I am the resurrection and the life” (11.25–26). What did he mean when he said, “though he die, yet shall he live” and “everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die”?

14. 10. If Jesus knew he was going to raise Lazarus from the dead, why did he weep (11.35)?

15. 11. What was John’s purpose in recording the events of this chapter?

16. Applications:

17. 12. Thomas said he was ready to die for Jesus (11. 16)
12. Thomas said he was ready to die for Jesus (11.16). Later all the disciples scattered (John 16.32; Mark 14.27, 50). John chose Thomas’s words that Jesus is the Lord and God (John 20.28). What can we learn from this?

18. 13. Martha, Mary, and some of the Jews recognized that Jesus could have healed Lazarus and prevented him from dying (11.21, 32, 37). What lesson was Jesus teaching them by not coming to Lazarus sooner to heal him before he died?

19. 13. Martha, Mary, and some of the Jews recognized that Jesus could have healed Lazarus and prevented him from dying (11.21, 32, 37). What lesson(s) can we learn from this about how God may work in our lives?

20. 14. John emphasizes the resurrection through the statements and actions of Jesus in this chapter. How does someone become a part of those who will receive the resurrection of life?

21. john
John 11.1–53
Conflict 05

22. john
John 11.54–12.36a
Crisis