Bible Questions Answered:
“I see a plain bible error in John
11:4, this statement was not true. Lazarus was dead....”
Henry/ Orebro, Sweden (Orebro County)
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
The verse in question is
John 11:4 KJV
When Jesus heard that, He said,
This sickness is not unto death*...”
This is not the full verse, nor the
full story!
We begin by the definition of death.
*Death: The act or fact of
dying; permanent ending of all life in a person, animal
or plant.
(New World Dictionary)
*Death: The act of dying; the
end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital
functions of an organism. Compare brain death.
(Dictionary.Com)
*Death: The permanent end
of something that is not alive : the ruin or destruction of
something.
(Merriam-Webster Webster.com)
In this sense, Lazarus was not truly
dead. Why? Because he would “not,” remain dead!
The story: (This is only part of the
whole story, be sure to read John 11:1-45.)
John 11:1-17; 34-454 KJV
1 Now a certain man was sick, named
Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 (It was that Mary which anointed
The Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose
brother Lazarus was sick.)
3 Therefore his sisters sent unto
Him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
4 When Jesus heard that, He said,
This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of
God, that
The Son Of God might be
glorified thereby.
5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her
sister, and Lazarus.
6 When He had heard therefore that
he was sick, He abode two days still in the same place where He was.
7 Then after that saith He to His
disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
8 His disciples say unto Him,
Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither
again?
9 Jesus answered, Are there not
twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth
not, because he seeth The Light of this world.
10 But if a man walk in the night,
he stumbleth, because there is no Light in him.
11 These things said He: and after
that He saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that
I may awake him out of sleep.
12 Then said His disciples, Lord, if
he sleep, he shall do well.
13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death:
but they thought that He had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
14 Then said Jesus unto them
plainly, Lazarus is dead.
15 And I am glad for your sakes that
I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go
unto him.
16 Then said Thomas, which is called
Didymus, unto His fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die
with Him.
17 Then when Jesus came, He found
that he had lain in the grave four days already.
34 And said, Where have ye laid him?
They said unto Him, Lord, come and see.
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then said the Jews, Behold how He
loved him!
37 And some of them said, Could not
this Man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even
this man should not have died?
38 Jesus therefore again groaning in
Himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
39 Jesus said, Take ye away the
stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto Him, Lord,
by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.
40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not
unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the
glory of God?
41 Then they took away the stone
from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up His eyes,
and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard Me.
42 And I knew that thou hearest Me
always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they
may believe that thou hast sent Me.
43 And when He thus had spoken, He
cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
44 And he that was dead came forth,
bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about
with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
Lazarus, arose!
Our Lord told Martha
John 11:25,26 KJV
25 Jesus said unto her, I am The
Resurrection, And The Life: he that believeth in Me, though he were
dead, yet shall he live:
26 And whosoever liveth and
believeth in Me shall never die. Believest thou this?
Bible Error, never! Lazarus' body was
merely waiting for The Lord Jesus to return, so that the glory of God
could be seen!
John 11:4 KJV
When Jesus heard that, He said, This
sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that
The Son Of God might be
glorified thereby.
And seen it was by many, and the result
of their seeing the glory of God?
John 11:45 KJV
Then many of the Jews which came to
Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on Him.
Dear friend, do you believe in The Lord
Jesus Christ?
John 11:26 KJV
“...whosoever liveth and believeth
in Me shall never die. Believest thou this?
