Lesson 45
Lesson
Text:
John 11:
33- 41
Therefore, when Jesus saw her (Mary) weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. And He said, “Where have you laid him (Lazarus) ?” They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!” And some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?”
Then Jesus, again groaning in
Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against
it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who
was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he
has been dead four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you
that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” Then they
took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And
Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You
have heard Me."
The scene before Jesus greatly troubled Him in His heart on so many levels. Overcome with emotion, he wept. Jesus asked them to show Him where Lazarus was laid. When they came to the tomb where Lazarus was buried He told them to take away the stone. Martha protested that surely by this time Lazarus’s body was decaying and creating a terrible odor. Christ answered her only by saying, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?” After Christ said this they did indeed remove the stone. He then lifted up His eyes and prayed to His Father.
Family
Discussion:
What did Jesus mean when He said, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?” Research the burial customs of Jesus day and discuss it. Compare it to the burial customs of our day.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT ANSWER(s)
1. Jesus saw Mary
A) Crocheting
B) Cooking
C) Weeping
2. In His spirit, Jesus:
A) Laughed
B) Groaned
C) Was troubled
3. Jesus ask, “Where have you:
A) Laid him?
B) Put the stone?
C) Put the air freshener?
4. The Jews wondered why Jesus:
A) Didn’t heal Lazarus.
B) Was weeping.
C) Healed the blind.
5. The tomb was a:
A) Tunnel
B) Mausoleum
C) Cave
6. Martha was Lazarus’s:
A) Housekeeper
B) Sister
C) Wife
7. Martha said that surely by now:
A) Lazarus stinks!
B) The apples are ripe.
C) The cows have come home.
8. Jesus said that if they believed they would see:
A) Angels ascending and descending from Heaven
B) The glory of God!
C) Lazarus when they got to Heaven.
9. Jesus lifted up His eyes and:
A) Saw the sun.
B) Prayed to His Father.
C) Saw Mary coming.
MATCH
(A name may be chosen more than once. A blank may have more than one answer)
A. Mary _________ 10. Wept/weeping
B. Jews _________ 11 . Groaned
C. Jesus _________ 12. Loved
D. Everyone There _________ 13. Prayed
E. Lazarus _________ 14. Came
_________ 15. Lay
_________ 16. Lying
_________ 17. Saw
TRUE OR FALSE
18. The Jews who had to come with Mary were groaning.
19. Mary wanted to know where the Jews had laid Lazarus.
20. Jesus wept.
21. The Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
22. Some of the Jews said, “Could not this Man, who opened the ears of the deaf, also have kept this man from dying?”
23. In our lesson text, Jesus groaned twice.
24. A blind man lay against the tomb of Lazarus.
25. Martha said, “Lord, by this time there is a stench...”
26. Jesus said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me....”
FUN TIME
In the puzzle below find 6 names mentioned in this weeks lesson.