So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;But the chief priests took counsel that they might put Lazarus also to death;
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We'll be considering most of John 12 today, but I'll only read portions of it for the sake of time. So please join me as I read John chapter 12, verses 1 through 11, and then we'll skip down to verses 20 through 26. I'll be reading today from the New Living Translation. Join me now as I begin at John 12, verses 1 through 11. a twelve-ounce jar of expensive perfume made from essence of nard, and she anointed Jesus' feet with it, wiping his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance. But Judas Iscariot, the disciple who would soon betray him, said, That perfume was worth a year's wage. It should have been sold and the money given to the poor. Not that he cared for the poor. He was a thief. And since he was in charge of the disciples' money, he often stole some for himself. Jesus replied, Leave her alone. She did this in preparation for my burial. You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me. …
… ever since Matthew chapter 16. No, in John 12, verse 10, they plotted to put Lazarus to death also. Brilliant plan, boys. that'll fix him you know tell me you're not paying attention without telling me you're not paying attention this then becomes a moral problem on belief not a intellectual one it's not that they couldn't it's that they wouldn't and so now they're willing to destroy evidence in order to justify their atheism they're not believing in what god's doing So Jesus did, of course, use all of that for his purposes because not only did Lazarus die and raise, but Jesus did the same, only it was different because Jesus raised Lazarus, but God raised Jesus, right? Jesus could not be held by death. His was not a resurrection by an outside force, but an inside force because he was God. So he was raised to life, impossible that the grave could hold him. He went into the grave willingly, like Jonah. No one took his life from him involuntarily. …
… but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well. It says a little bit earlier that they were aiming to eliminate Jesus, but now they're going to take Lazarus out as well. For an account of him, of Lazarus, many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him. The next day, the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches, there's Palm Sunday, and they went out to meet him shouting, Hosanna. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Blessed is the King of Israel. And so not unlike what we've already experienced in our gathering today, there's big praise happening around Jesus. Hosanna, save us is what the word means. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. The king is coming. Blessed is the king of Israel. And they're thinking Passover, miracle worker, Lazarus is alive. …