PART IV. (E.)
V. JESUS AT THE GRAVE OF LAZARUS MANIFESTS HIMSELF AS LOVE AND POWER
1. The return from Peræa to Bethany after the death of Lazarus (John 11:1-16).
2. The fact of a resurrection asserted to Martha, and the great declaration made, “I am the resurrection and the life” (John 11:17-32).
3. The love and sympathy of Jesus shown to the sorrow-stricken sisters (John 11:17-36).
4. The internal spiritual struggle of Christ with death and unbelief, and His manifestation of Himself as the life at the grave of Lazarus (John 11:37-44).
5. The antagonism of the world and unbelief, as represented by the Pharisees and the religious rulers, contrasted with the faith of other witnesses of the miracle (John 11:45-46).
6. The final decision of the unbelieving world (John 11:47-53).
7. The withdrawal of Jesus to the wilderness, and the thoughts of various classes of men concerning Him during His absence before the passover (John 11:54-57).
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Time, and place in Synoptic narrative.—See Chap. 10, p. 283