The Death of Lazarus - John 11:1-16
Understand It
- What was wrong with Lazarus? (11:1)
- To whom was Lazarus related? (11:2)
- How did Jesus get word about Lazarus? (11:3)
- Why did Jesus say Lazarus was sick? (11:4)
- What did Jesus do when He heard about Lazarus? (11:6)
- Why did Jesus’ disciples respond negatively to Jesus’ plan to return to Judea? (11:7-8)
- How did Jesus answer His disciples’ hesitancy about returning to Judea? (11:9-10)
- What did Jesus say had happened to Lazarus? (11:11)
- How did the disciples misunderstand Jesus? (11:12)
- What did Jesus mean when he used the word "sleeping"? (11:13-14)
- Why did Jesus say that He was glad He wasn’t with Lazarus? (11:15)
- What melancholic suggestion did Thomas make? (11:16)
Apply It
- To what unfulfilled task that God has given you will you recommit yourself today?
- What shortcomings or weaknesses in your life will you give to God in prayer, that He may use them to bring glory to Himself?
Jesus Comforts the Sisters - John 11:17-37
Understand It
- What did Jesus find when He arrived at Bethany? (11:17)
- What did Mary and Martha do when they heard that Jesus was coming? (11:20)
- What did Martha say to Jesus about His having come after Lazarus had died? (11:21-22)
- What did Jesus tell Martha Lazarus would do? (11:23)
- How did Martha misunderstand Jesus? (11:24)
- What did Martha and the others learn about Jesus’ identity? (11:25)
- What did Jesus say would happen to those who believed in Him? (11:26)
- What belief did Martha express to Jesus? (11:27)
- What did Martha tell Mary? (11:28)
- What did Mary do after Martha told her Jesus was asking for her? (11:29)
- Where did the Jews think Mary was going? (11:30-31)
- How did Mary respond when she saw Jesus? (11:32)
- What did Mary say to Jesus when He finally arrived? (11:32)
- How did Jesus respond to the weeping by Mary and the others? (11:33-35)
- What question did some people have about what Jesus could have done? (11:37)
Apply It
- What attitude of disappointment do you need to confess to God and change to trust in His sovereign control?
- How can you be a comfort to a struggling or hurting believer this week?
Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead - John 11:38-44
Understand It
- How did Jesus feel when He went to Lazarus’s tomb? (11:38)
- In what type of tomb was Lazarus buried? (11:38)
- What did Jesus tell the others to do? (11:39)
- How did Martha respond to Jesus’ request? (11:39)
- How did Jesus show Martha the importance of her belief? (11:40)
- What did Jesus do before He called to Lazarus? (11:41-42)
- What did Jesus say to the Father? Why? (11:41-42)
- How did Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead? (11:43-44)
- What did Lazarus do when Jesus called to him? (11:44)
- What did Jesus tell the people to do? (11:44)
Apply It
- What specific situation do you need to trust God to work out in your life?
- For what "miracle" do you want to thank God today?
- What can you do today so that others might believe in Jesus?
The Plot to Kill Jesus - John 11:45-57
Understand It
- How did many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary respond to Jesus’ miracle? (11:45)
- Who was told about Jesus’ miracle? (11:46)
- What did the Sanhedrin fear? (11:47-48)
- What did Caiaphas say about Jesus? (11:49-50)
- How did Caiaphas prophesy? (11:51-52)
- What did the Jewish leaders of the Sanhedrin plot to do? (11:53)
- How did Jesus respond to the Sanhedrin’s plot? (11:54)
- Why did many people go to Jerusalem? (11:55)
- For whom did the people in Jerusalem look? (11:56)
- What orders had the chief priests and Pharisees given to the people? (11:57)
Apply It
- How would you tell a self-centered person the gospel message?
- What self-centered motive will you ask God to help you change?
