Glorified Psalm 104:24-30 ; John 11:1-46 One thing I have come to realize, reading through the Gospel of John as we have been, is that John’s Gospel assumes that we know some things about Jesus' story. It’s kind of like talking with your aunt when she’s telling you a story that includes details about a cousin you never met or just haven’t seen in years. You know, Martha – the one who anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair, seemed a bit much to me – any way she and Mary are taking care of Lazerus and it just doesn’t look good. That’s kind of how it goes in vv 1-2, even though we won’t get the story of Mary anointing Jesus until chapter 12. The point here is not to say that the author of John’s Gospel was every bit as ADHD as I am, but it is to say that Jesus had a very close relationship with these people. Just how and why is not revealed in John’s Gospel, and it’s not even clear if this is the same Martha and Mary as in Luke’s Gospel. Again, what matters is that these pe...
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