Day 11 of 21
John 11
Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead after four days, declaring himself the resurrection and the life, which moves the council to plot his death.
The climactic seventh sign both proves Jesus' life-giving power and precipitates the Sanhedrin's decision to kill him.
“After our Lord had departed to the other side of Jordan, it happened that Lazarus fell sick: A certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany. In some copies the copulative conjunction precedes, to mark the connection with the words preceding. Lazarus signifies helped. Of all the dead which our Lord raised, he was most helped, for he had lain dead four days, when our Lord raised him to life.”
“The resurrection of Lazarus is more spoken of than any of our Lord’s miracles. But if we hear in mind who He was who wrought this miracle, we shall feel not so much of wonder; as of delight. He who made the man, raised the man; and it is a greater thing to create a man, than to revive him. Lazarus was sick at Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. The place was near Jerusalem.”
Catena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain
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