“ But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; ”
That they might put Lazarus also to death - When men are determined not to believe the gospel, there is no end to the crimes to which they are driven. Lazarus was alive, and the evidence of his r...
The Triumphal Entry. If the story of Lazarus is historical it is quite probable that people in Jerusalem should come out to Bethany, to satisfy themselves as to what would happen at the Feast, and...
put... to death . Greek. apokteino = kill. Occurs seventy-five times, and mostly implies violent death, not by judicial execution. Compare Matthew 14:5 . Luke 9:22 ; Luke 20:14 . Acts 3:19 . Act...
10. Now the chief priests consulted. It certainly was worse than insane fury to endeavor to put to death one who had manifestly been raised from the dead by divine power. But such is the spi...
But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; Consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death - As long as he lived they saw an incontestable proof of the Divine powe...
Much people of the Jews therefore— Bethany being within two miles of Jerusalem, the news of the arrival of Jesus soon reached the city, and drew out great numbers of the citizens; for they had a la...
But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
The Triumphal Entry. Close of the Public Ministry 1-11. Supper at Bethany (see on Matthew 26:6 and Mark 14:3 , which record the same incident). The event in Luke 7:36 . is different. The suppe...
But the chief priests consulted. — The chief priests were for the most part Sadducees ( Acts 5:17 ). They have been acting with the Pharisees from John 11:47 onwards. Their animus is shown in tha...
I. THE ANOINTING OF JESUS. "Jesus therefore six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead. So they made Him a supper there: and Martha served;...
Love's Fragrant Gift John 12:1-11 Martha's service reminds us of Luke 10:41 . The earlier Gospels ( Matthew 26:1-75 ; Mark 14:1-72 ) do not mention Mary's name, probably because the whole fam...
The shadows of the Passion were now falling across the path of the Christ. In what happened at the supper we have a vivid contrast. Mary and Judas arrest our attention. She, discovering the sorrows o...
Then Jesus, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. (2) There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was on...
But the chief priests ,.... With the rest of the sanhedrim: consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death ; as well as Jesus, and that for no other crime, but because he was raised from the...
But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; Ver. 10. That they might put Lazarus also to death ] In malice is steeped the venom of all vices. What a giant like madn...
Much people knew he was there, and came Bethany being within two miles of Jerusalem, the news of his arrival soon reached the city, and drew out great numbers of the people; for they wished to see...
A SUPPER FOR HIM AT BETHANY (vs.1-8) Six days before the Passover He returned to the area of Jerusalem, coming by way of Jericho, as Luke shows us ( Luke 19:1-28 ). These days He spent in ministe...
Mary Anoints Christ's Feet; Hypocrisy of Judas; Indignation of the Chief Priests. 1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came...
Never was there a more unreasonable madness and rage, to justify the apostle's calling of the enemies of the gospel unreasonable men, 2 Thessalonians 3:2 . Suppose that Christ had broken the sab...
Many Show Interest in Jesus and Lazarus ( John 12:9-11 ). ‘When the great crowd of the Judaisers learned that he was there, they came, not only because of Jesus, but also in order to see Lazarus...
EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 12:9 . Much people, etc. —Not our Lord’s enemies, but members of the pilgrim bands and friendly neighbours from the city. John 12:10-11 . But the chief pri...
John 12:10 Two questions here suggest themselves: What was it in Jesus Christ which so deeply stirred the enmity of the Pharisees? And what was it in Jesus Christ which made it true in any sense,...
John 12:1 . Then Jesus six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. The days Christ was to spend upon the earth were getting...
John 12:1 . Six days before the passover. The Hebrew sabbath was kept from sunset to sunset. The worship of the day being closed, the jews indulged in a good supper after the light food of the day...
Then Jesus six days before the Passover. --The following calendar of the Passover week is taken from Lightfoot (2.586): NISAN IX; The Sabbath . Six days before the Passover, Jesus sups with Laza...
EXPOSITION The twelfth chapter neither belongs intrinsically to that which precedes nor to that which follows. It is a paragraph of high significance, as bearing on the construction of the Gospe...
People come for the sake of Lazarus:
Daniel 5:21-23 ; Ecclesiastes 9:3 ; Exodus 10:3 ; Genesis 4:4-10 ; Job 15:25 ; Job 15:26 ; Job 40:8 ; Job 40:9 ; John 11:47-53 ; John 11:57 ; Luke 16:31 ; Matthew 2:16 ; Matthew 2:3-8
Mary Anointing Her Lord John 12:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are now coming to the close of the life of our Master presenting the third of three Bible scenes centering around Martha, Mary, and L...
The chief priests consulted, how to kill Lazarus also — Here is the plain reason why the other evangelists, who wrote while Lazarus was living, did not relate his story.