The word refers to “very intense and deep emotion.” Why was Jesus so emotional this time? We are not told, but it is my personal belief that He was anticipating the “cause and effect” of the resurrection of Lazarus. The Greek word for “deeply moved” is embrimaomai. Verse 38 says that when Jesus came to the tomb He was emotionally moved inside. Enough time had elapsed to allow Martha to join them at the tomb! Since the next verse tells us that Martha is present at the tomb also, this suggests that a significant amount of time elapsed between verses 37 and 38. Jesus was deeply, emotionally moved again (v. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. So Jesus, again being deeply moved within, came to the tomb. When we come to verse 38, some time has elapsed because we are told, The Jews who were with Mary coldly responded with, “Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have kept this man also from dying?” They were moved when Jesus wept, but then they quickly criticized Him. The two women did not understand that Jesus was going to resurrect Lazarus. 21), and later Mary said the same thing (v. When Christ arrived, Martha ran to Him and declared, “If you had been here, my brother would not have died (v.
So, Jesus and all of the disciples traveled to Bethany. 15), the disciples decided to go with Jesus to Jerusalem and, if necessary, die with Him, for they knew the religious leaders wanted to murder Him (v. After Jesus told them that He was glad Lazarus died for their benefit (v. John 11:11-14 states Jesus was the One who informed the disciples that Lazarus was dead. It will motivate the religious leaders to murder Christ- to crucify Him on the cross! Our study is about the resurrection of Lazarus. In the last three studies, we have learned that Jesus intentionally waited for Lazarus to die. He could have chosen one of the other miracles. So what was the purpose of this brief information about the miracles? It is to help us understand that of all the miracles, the death of Lazarus was the final one before Christ’s death.
Five times the gospel of John called these miracles “signs” (John 2:11 4:54 6:14 9:16 11:47). All eight miracles in the gospel of John gradually build to a crescendo that reveals the deity of Christ and the eighth miracle that helped the disciples recognize Jesus. The gospel of John recorded eight miracles: water turned into wine (John 2:1-11), child healed from a distance (John 4:46-54), healing of a man who had been ill for thirty-eight years (John 5:1-9) feeding of the five thousand (John 6:1-14), Jesus walked on water (John 6:16-21), healing of a man blind from birth (John 9:1-17) raising of Lazarus (John 11:17-44), the disciples catching fish only on the right-side of the boat (John 21:1-14). A child, a young man and an adult were raised from the dead. Only three of the miracles are about the raising of a dead person: the daughter of Jairus (Matthew 9:18, 23-26 Mark 5:21-43 Luke 8:40-56), the son of a widow (Luke 7:11-17) and Lazarus (John 11:38-46). Five miracles are recorded in two gospels, and eighteen miracles can be found in only one gospel.
Eleven miracles are recorded in three gospels. Only the miracle of the feeding of five thousand men is recorded in all four gospels (Matthew 14:15-21 Mark 6:35-44 Luke 9:12-17 John 6:1-14). There are thirty-five miracles recorded in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
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