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John 11:9-10

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him. There is a singular turn, is there not, in that expression? We expected it to be “Because he seeth not the light of the world,” instead of which the Saviour says, “Because there is...

John 11:11

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These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth: but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. It is the Saviour’s way to use terms concerning his miracles, which, so far from exaggerating them, even appear to depreciate them. He is about to raise a man from the dead, but he says, “Our friend Lazarus sleepeth;...

John 11:11

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth;- “Our friend.” Why, Lazarus was Christ’s friend. Yes; but those who are Christ’s friends are our friends too if we belong to Christ. I have recently met with a large number of persons from different countries; but, the moment we discovered that we loved the same...

John 11:11-14

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But I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit Jesus spoke of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. Let me remind you, my dear brethren who preach the gospel, that you will have to preach very...

John 11:13-16

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him. Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellow disciples, Let us also go,...

John 11:15-16

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe, nevertheless let us go unto him. Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. Thomas always took a dark view of things, so he thought his Master was going to be killed; but he was a brave disciple, for...

John 11:17

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. You know that, in the East, they have to bury the dead almost immediately because of the heat of the climate; so that Lazarus was, not long after he was dead, put away in the family vault.

John 11:18

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Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off. Just a nice little walk which our Saviour had often taken in the evening after the toils of the day in Jerusalem. He had loved to make Bethany his quiet resting-place. “Fifteen furlongs off.”

John 11:19-20

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And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. Because she had not heard that Jesus was come, or else, no doubt, she would have been there as soon as Martha.

John 11:19-20

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. You will often hear people praising Mary at the expense of Martha, but although Mary is commended for sitting at Christ’s feet, Martha here was the first...

John 11:21

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Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. They had often said to one another, “Oh, we wish the Lord were come.” They had sent for him. They felt sure that he would come. But, alas, their brother had died before the Master had arrived; and now this thought which was uppermost in their hearts is uppermost...

John 11:21

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. There seems to have been just a tinge of reproach in Martha’s words, and Mary said exactly the same words to their dear Master and Friend a little later; and I have often heard Martha and Mary talk in this fashion: “Oh, if we had only had another doctor!” or, “If...

John 11:22

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. There is faith there, and there is unbelief too. She believes that Christ can have what he wills of God, but she does not recognize his own personal Godhead — his own power to work resurrection.

John 11:22-24

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. She could not believe the joyful meaning that Christ meant to convey to her when he said, “Thy brother shall rise again.”

John 11:23-26

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said unto her I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? She...

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