John 11:43 — Community Reflections

JOHN 11:43 — KING JAMES VERSION 1

“And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.”

'Lazarus, come out!' — the command is simple and direct, addressed to the dead man by name. The calling of Lazarus by name echoes the Good Shepherd discourse (10:3) where the shepherd calls his own sheep by name; here Jesus calls Lazarus from death itself. The power to call the dead back to life is divine prerogative, affirming Jesus' claim to be the resurrection and the life.

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Lena HoffmannNote2mo ago

Lazarus, Come Out!

When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come out!' The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. The cry is loud, command...