(Ref. Texts: Ezek 37:12–14; Rom 8:8–11; John 11:1–47)
Introduction
Reinterpreting the text of Isaiah (61:1–2a) in Luke 4:16–20, the Evangelist Luke presents the mission of Jesus as a mission of hope, encouragement, sustenance, motivations, liberation and psychological re-assurance. We saw this in last Sunday Gospel reading (John 9), and this Sunday Gospel continues and contains the same theme. Lazarus’ sickness and eventual death are events that will manifest the shekinah (glory) of God.….…
Jesus wept
There are only two instances in the entire Gospel where Jesus wept. After John 11:35, the next instance is Luke 19:41. As Jesus approached Jerusalem, when he saw the city, Luke says he “wept over it.” The reason for the weeping is given in the following verses (Luke 19:42–44).….…
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