Raising Lazarus from the dead Flashcards

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What I AM saying does this sign link to?

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‘I am the resurrection and the life’

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Who is Lazarus?

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The brother of Mary and Martha, two friends of JC who are also described in the Synoptics

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How is there an element of spiritual theatre with this sign?

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Because JC didn’t have to travel to Judea or wait until Lazarus was dead to cure him

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What is the significance of readers being alerted that Lazarus’ story ‘will not end in death’?

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  • JC’s won’t either
  • Death is not the end for anyone who believes in JC and receives life in his name
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What does JC mean when he states his motives for this sign?

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He has healed the sick and the blind, but now he has something greater in mind that will glorify God and himself as the SoG. This will be the ultimate statement of God’s power and love, the most unmistakable expression of who JC is

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What will this sign do for the Jewish authorities?

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Trigger their determination to kill JC

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How does John describe Martha?

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As more confident but less insightful than her more spiritual sister, Mary

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Why does JC have to correct Martha about the idea of eternal life?

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Because Martha is looking forward to some future eschatological event, but JC reminds her that eternal life is here here and now for those who believe in JC

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Who are the only two people who recognise JC as the SoG during his lifetime?

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Martha and Peter

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Explain Dodd’s idea that Jesus preaches a realised eschatology

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Eschatology is beliefs about the end times. However, JC teaches that these things are happening in the present moment, rather than the future

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Why is the verse ‘Jesus wept’ important?

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It shows JC’s humanity - as he openly weeps about the death of his friend. John’s gospel normally presents JC as aloof and unaffected by the strong emotions around him

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Why is it puzzling that JC weeps for Lazarus?

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Because he seemed calm about allowing him to die just days earlier

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Why is it wrong to think that JC was weeping for Lazarus?

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Because JC is actually weeping for all of humanity. God created Adam and Eve as immortal beings, with death only entering the world as a result of the fall, so from JC’s perspective there is something deeply tragic and unnatural about humans dying.

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What is the Johannine irony of the Jewish bystanders seeing JC’s weeping as evidence of his love of Lazarus?

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Because JC loves them too and is weeping for them as well, but they are spiritually blind to this

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What does the cave with the stone over it represent?

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The tomb where JC will be buried

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What is the significance of the fact that Lazarus was raised after being dead for 4 days?

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  • He does not have the power to rise from the dead like JC does
  • There was a Jewish belief that on the 4th day the spirit left and someone was truly dead. JC rejects such superstitions
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What does Raymond Brown say about the use of the phrase ‘cried out’ by JC?

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It is an example of Johannine Irony; JC uses this phrase when being put on trial by Pilate and the mob cries out for times for JC to be put to death. JC cries out for life but his opponents cry out for death

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Why is JC’s resurrection superior to Lazarus’?

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Because Lazarus only receives physical life, but JC is raised to a new supernatural and spiritual life

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What is the symbolic significance of Lazarus emerging in his grave clothes?

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Lazarus has only been granted physical life - so he will need them again one day when he dies. The Risen Christ leaves his grave clothes behind because he will never need them again

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What is the Johannine irony of Caiaphas saying that JC should die for the benefit of the nation?

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Because JC will do this through his atoning death, just not in the way that the Jewish leaders think

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How does this sign add to the hostility towards the Jews?

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The disciples refer to the Jews as their enemies, even though they themselves our Jewish. Mary and Martha are described as being accompanied by ‘the Jews’ - as if they themselves weren’t Jewish. Anyone who believes in JC is described as being separate from the Jews, who don’t