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En Juan 11:21-27 Jesús y Marta mantienen una conversación de proporciones teológicas semejante a las que Jesús mantuviera con Nicodemo en el capítulo 3 y la mujer de Samaria en el 4. Los temas aquí son la resurrección de los muertos y el carácter mesiánico de Jesús. Marta va al encuentro de Jesús y le … Continue reading “San Juan 11:32-44 Comentario por Osvaldo Vena”

On the one hand, even without the accompaniment of the other appointed lectionary readings or the liturgical themes of All Saints’ Day (not to mention the other forty-three verses of John 11), this pericope has some great possibilities. For starters, the raising of Lazarus and its immediate aftermath provide a turning point in John’s gospel. … Continue reading “John 11:32-44 Commentary by Henry Langknecht”

John 11 opens with these words: “Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. . . . So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, ‘Lord, he whom you love is ill.’” Chapter 11 is often called “The Raising of Lazarus.” It’s true that Lazarus is … Continue reading “John 11:32-44 Commentary by Jaime Clark-Soles”

Death is real and harsh. No resuscitation of Lazarus from the dead should sentimentalize or simplify that truth. It is the end of June and the state of South Carolina and the nation are reeling from the trauma of a twenty-one-year old white man named Dylann Roof who entered the historic Emmanuel AME Church in … Continue reading “John 11:32-44 Commentary by Ginger Barfield”

Este es el cuarto en una serie de encuentros con Jesús en el libro de Juan esta Cuaresma, y ofrece otro texto largo y maravillosamente desarrollado para la predicación. El camino cuaresmal, que nos ha llevado a través del Valle de Sombra de Muerte en el domingo cuarto, ahora nos lleva a los huesos secos … Continue reading “San Juan 11:1-45 Comentario por Meda Stamper”

Muerte de Lázaro La historia de la muerte de Lázaro está solamente en el evangelio de San Juan y es la última de las señales de Jesús en este evangelio. Esta señal de Jesús apunta a la gloria de Cristo, que va a ser completada en la cruz y la resurrección. Podemos verlo en el … Continue reading “San Juan 11:1-45 Comentario por Amanda Olson de Castillo”

It is significant that the story of Lazarus, unique to the Gospel of John, is the Gospel reading for the last Sunday in Lent, the Sunday immediately preceding Palm/Passion Sunday. For the Synoptic Gospels, the cleansing of the temple is the impetus for the plot to kill Jesus (Mark 11:18; Luke 19:47-48). In the Gospel … Continue reading “John 11:1-45 Commentary by Karoline Lewis”

This is the fourth in a series of encounters with Jesus in the book of John this Lent and offers us another long, beautifully developed text for preaching. The Lenten journey, which has taken us through the Valley of the Shadow of Death on the fourth Sunday, now leads us to the dry bones of … Continue reading “John 11:1-45 Commentary by Meda Stamper”

Stories of Jesus raising the dead appear in all the Gospels, but John alone includes the story of the raising of Lazarus. As a story, it supplies a basic pivot point in the overall narrative: Jesus’ enemies shift from generalized opposition to a formal decision to have him killed. In that sense, then, the story … Continue reading “John 11:1-45 Commentary by Robert Hoch”

This story is rich in literary and theological themes interwoven with what has gone before in John’s gospel and with what is to come. Situated just after the “good shepherd” discourse and just before Jesus’ anointing and final entry into Jerusalem, the story is pivotal to the plot of John’s gospel and lifts up central … Continue reading “John 11:1-44 Commentary by Elisabeth Johnson”