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  EXPOSITORY THOUGHTS ON JOHN - JOHN 11:17-29
  by J.C. Ryle
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When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb four days
already. (Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, so many of
the Jewish people who lived in Jerusalem had come to Martha and Mary to
console them over the loss of their brother.) So when Martha heard that
Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the
house. Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here my brother
would not have died. But even now I know that whatever you ask from God,
God will grant you."

Jesus replied, "Your brother will come back to life again." Martha said,
"I know that he will come back to life again in the resurrection at the
last day." Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The
one who believes in me will live even if he dies, and the one who lives
and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" She replied,
"Yes, Lord, I have believed that you are the Christ, the Son of God who
comes into the world."

And when she had said this, Martha went and called her sister Mary,
saying privately, "The Teacher is here and is asking for you." So when
Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.

There is a grand simplicity about this passage, which is almost spoiled
by any human exposition. To comment on it seems like gilding gold or
painting lilies. Yet it throws much light on a subject which we can
never understand too well; that is, the true character of Christ\

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/jc-ryle/expository-thoughts-on-john-john-1117-29/
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