Setting the Scene
Lazarus was from this town near Jerusalem.
What is Bethany?
Jesus said Lazarus's sickness would not end in this.
What is death?
This sister went out to meet Jesus while the other stayed home.
Who is Martha?
This is where Mary was staying when Martha came to get her.
What is the house?
According to the study, Mary and Martha's different responses to grief teach us this.
What is grief isn't one-size-fits-all?
These two women were Lazarus's sisters.
Who are Mary and Martha?
Jesus said the sickness happened for this purpose.
What is the glory of God?
This is what Martha says God will still give Jesus, even after Lazarus has died.
What is whatever He asks?
These are the exact words Mary says to Jesus that match what Martha said earlier.
What is "Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died"?
This is the phrase the study uses to describe God's delays.
What is "God's delays are not God's denials"?
This is the number of days Jesus deliberately stayed away after hearing Lazarus was sick.
What is two (days)?
This is the "I am" statement Jesus makes to Martha in verse 25.
What is "I am the resurrection and the life"?
Martha assumed Jesus meant this when He said, "Your brother will rise again."
What is the resurrection on the final/last day?
This is the shortest verse in the Bible, found in this passage.
What is "Jesus wept"?
This disciple said, "Let's go, too—and die with Jesus," showing loyal but fatalistic courage.
Who is Thomas?
This is the euphemism Jesus first used to describe Lazarus's death.
What is "fallen asleep"?
This is the question Jesus asks Martha right after telling her He is the resurrection and the life.
What is "Do you believe this?"
These are the two titles Martha uses to confess who Jesus is in verse 27.
What are "the Messiah" and "the Son of God"?
This is the reaction that "welled up" within Jesus when He saw Mary and the mourners weeping.
What is a deep anger / being deeply troubled?
According to the study, believing this is not the same as believing in a person.
What is a doctrine (like a future resurrection)?
Lazarus had been in the tomb this many days when Jesus arrived — a length of time Jewish custom held was long enough to remove any doubt that he was truly dead.
What is four (days)?
Jesus said His absence would let the disciples do this "for real"
What is believe?
According to the study, this is what Martha's confession in verse 27 comes before.
What is a miracle (seeing any miracle)?
This is the skeptical question some onlookers ask in verse 37.
What is "Couldn't he have kept Lazarus from dying?"
According to the study, this is why Jesus wept even though He already knew He would raise Lazarus.
What is He was fully entering into human grief over the effects of sin and death,