Life after death- Bible John 11:1-44 Commentary of these verses?

Answer 1

I am not sure what you want me to comment on, But within these verses you are looking at Lazarus dying, Lazarus was a close friend of Jesus, & Lazarus died, & was buried, Jesus came alone & rasied up Lazarus from the grave, You also have Mary & her sister Martha that was sisters to Lazarus, You have Jesus talking about he is the ressurrection, so I am not sure if you want a comment on every word, & dots, & if they cross their t's & dot their i's.

Answer 2

What Hope for the Dead?

Many spiritists believe in reincarnation. One spiritist publication states: “Reincarnation is the only doctrine that measures up to our idea of divine justice; it is the only doctrine that can explain the future and strengthen our hopes.” Spiritists explain that at death the soul, or “incarnated spirit,” leaves the body—like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon. They believe that these spirits are later reincarnated as humans in order to purge sins committed in an earlier life. But there is no recollection of those earlier sins. “God considered it convenient that a veil be cast over the past,” says The Gospel According to Spiritism.

“To deny reincarnation is also to deny the words of Christ,” wrote Allan Kardec. However, Jesus never uttered the word “reincarnation” and never mentioned such a concept. (See “Does the Bible Teach Reincarnation?” on page 22.) Rather, Jesus taught the resurrection of the dead. During his earthly ministry, he resurrected three people—the son of a widow in Nain, the daughter of the presiding officer of a synagogue, and his close friend Lazarus. (Mark 5:22-24, 35-43; Luke 7:11-15; John 11:1-44) Let us consider one of those remarkable events and see what Jesus meant by “resurrection.”

The Resurrection of Lazarus

Jesus heard that his friend Lazarus was sick. Two days later, he told his disciples: “Lazarus our friend has gone to rest, but I am journeying there to awaken him from sleep.” The disciples did not understand what Jesus meant, so he said plainly: “Lazarus has died.” When Jesus finally came to Lazarus’ tomb, the man had been dead for four days. Still, Jesus ordered that the stone sealing the tomb’s entrance be taken away. Then he cried out: “Lazarus, come on out!” At that, something wonderful happened. “The man that had been dead came out with his feet and hands bound with wrappings, and his countenance was bound about with a cloth. Jesus said to them: ‘Loose him and let him go.’”—John 11:5, 6, 11-14, 43, 44.

Clearly, this was no reincarnation. Jesus said that the dead Lazarus was sleeping, unconscious. As the Bible expresses it, ‘his thoughts had perished.’ He was “conscious of nothing at all.” (Psalm 146:4; Ecclesiastes 9:5) The resurrected Lazarus was not a different person with a reincarnated spirit. He had the same personality, was of the same age, and had the same memories. He resumed his life where he had prematurely left it and returned to the loved ones who had mourned his death.—John 12:1, 2.

Later, Lazarus died again. So, what purpose did his resurrection serve? Along with the other resurrections Jesus performed, it reinforces our trust in God’s promise that His faithful servants will be raised from the dead in His due time. Those miracles of Jesus add powerful weight to his words: “I am the resurrection and the life. He that exercises faith in me, even though he dies, will come to life.”—John 11:25.

Regarding that future resurrection, Jesus said: “The hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear [my] voice and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment.” (John 5:28, 29) As was the case with Lazarus, that will be a resurrection of dead people. It will not be a reuniting of conscious spirits with resurrected bodies that have decomposed and may even have been absorbed into other living organisms. Resurrecting the dead is well within the capacity of the Creator of heaven and earth, who is infinite in wisdom and power.

Answer 3

Lazarus was in the grave for three days. (not in heaven, or hell) The Messiah Yahoshua called him back from the grave. He since has died (or been killed) and will not live again until the resurrection. In his case, I am confident that it will be the first resurrection, the resurrection of the righteous. The wicked will not live again until a thousand years later, shortly after which resurrection they will attack the city on "New Jerusalem" and be destroyed by the fire which purifies the earth destroying sin and sinners.

Answer 4

Jesus raised Lazarus, to show His power as God. But this also was to show that since he did it for them, He would do it for Himself. This way they would believe. As far as what life after death will be like, there are other verses that deal with that.

Answer 5

Jesus raised Lazarus to show us He is has power over life and death. Jesus told us that He is the Resurrection. We believe that when we die, we go to Jesus, Who is God.