john 11

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Joh 11:1-45 chiastic structure:

1a) Joh 11:1-16, That God be glorified in the Son, that you may believe, I go to wake him up;

1a.1) Joh 11:1-4a, Lazarus was sick/ When Jesus heard that;
1a.2) Joh 11:4b, Jesus: This sickness is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified;
central axis) Joh 11:5, Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus;
2a.1) Joh 11:6, When He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was;
2a.2) Joh 11:7-16, Jesus: I go to wake him up, that you may believe;

1a.1) Joh 11:7, Jesus to His disciples: Let us go to Judea again;
1a.2) Joh 11:8-10, The disciples: The Jews sought to stone You/ Jesus: we must walk while it is day;
1b.1) Joh 11:11a, Jesus: Our friend Lazarus sleeps;
1b.2) Joh 11:11b, Jesus: But I go that I may wake him up;
1c) Joh 11:12, His disciples: Lord, if he sleeps he will get well;
central axis) Joh 11:13a, However, Jesus spoke of his death;
2c) Joh 11:13b, But they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep;
2b.1) Joh 11:14, Jesus said to them plainly: Lazarus is dead;
2b.2) Joh 11:15, Jesus: I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe;
2a.1) Joh 11:15b, Nevertheless let us go to him;
2a.2) Joh 11:16, Thomas to his fellow disciples: Let us also go, that we may die with Him;

1b.1) Joh 11:5-6, Jesus loved Martha + Mary + Lazarus/ When he heard he was sick, He lingered two more days;

1b.2) Joh 11:17, When Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days;

1c.1) Joh 11:18-20, Jews who comforted them/ Martha, as soon as she heard Jesus was coming, went and met Him;

1c.2) Joh 11:21, Martha said to Jesus: Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died;

1d) Joh 11:22-24: Martha’s belief: God will give You what You ask/ My brother will rise in the resurrection at the last day;

central axis) Joh 11:25-26, Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

2d) Joh 11:27, Martha’s belief: I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world;

2c.1) Joh 11:28-31, Mary, as soon as she heard Jesus called for her, came to Him/ Jews who were comforting her;

2c.2) Joh 11:32, Mary said to Jesus: Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died;

2b.1) Joh 11:32-38, See how He loved him/ If you had been here, Lazarus would not have died;

1a.1) Joh 11:32, Mary: Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died;
1a.2) Joh 11:33, When Jesus saw her + the Jews weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled;
central axis) Joh 11:34-36, Jesus: Where is he laid/ Jesus wept/ Jews: See how He loved him;
2a.1) Joh 11:37, Jews: Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying;
2a.2) Joh 11:38a, Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself;

2b.2) Joh 11:38b-39, Jesus: take away the stone/ Martha: he has been dead four days;

2a) Joh 11:40-45, If you will believe you will see the glory of God/ Lazarus raised from the dead + many believed;

1a) Joh 11:40a, Jesus: Did I not say to you that if you would believe;
1b) Joh 11:40b-41a, Jesus: You would see the glory of God?/ They took away the stone;
central axis) Joh 11:41b-42, And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me;”
2b) Joh 11:43-44, Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” + he came forth/ Loose him + let him go;
2a) Joh 11:45, Many who saw the things He did, believed in Him.