Joh 11:48 | KingComments | STEP | Through Mary many have come into contact with Christ. It is beautiful when by our going to the Lord others come in contact with Him. Many of the Jews have seen what He has done and therefore believe in Him. As mentioned before, that does not necessarily mean that they acknowledge Him as their Savior. The most obvious is that they are attracted to Him by the wonder as Someone Who can transform their earthly, bodily need into prosperity. However, there are also Jews who go to the Pharisees to tell them what He has done. They have seen it too, but they don’t want to believe that there is Someone at work here Who has their best interests at heart. They prefer to be appreciated by the Pharisees. The message of the witnesses sets the chief priests and Pharisees in motion. They convene a council to deliberate what they should do. They rightly conclude that the Lord does many signs. Only they do not want to accept them, because they see in these signs a great threat to their position of authority among the people. Here we see that the question and remark of the rich man in Hades to send someone from the dead to his brothers and that they would then believe, is not justified and Abraham’s answer is ( ). Someone from the dead has come back into life here, but they don’t believe. These people only care about maintaining their own place of honor and authority among the people. They discuss that all of them would believe in Him if they let Him go on. That new Leader would then become the cause for the Romans to come to put an end to this gathering. In the first place that would result in them losing their place – by which they meant their position or perhaps also the temple from which they derived that position. The second consequence would be that they would lose their people. They talk about ‘our’ place and about ‘our’ people. There is no thought of God.

‏ John 11:48

Responses to the Resurrection

Through Mary many have come into contact with Christ. It is beautiful when by our going to the Lord others come in contact with Him. Many of the Jews have seen what He has done and therefore believe in Him. As mentioned before, that does not necessarily mean that they acknowledge Him as their Savior. The most obvious is that they are attracted to Him by the wonder as Someone Who can transform their earthly, bodily need into prosperity.

However, there are also Jews who go to the Pharisees to tell them what He has done. They have seen it too, but they don’t want to believe that there is Someone at work here Who has their best interests at heart. They prefer to be appreciated by the Pharisees. The message of the witnesses sets the chief priests and Pharisees in motion. They convene a council to deliberate what they should do. They rightly conclude that the Lord does many signs. Only they do not want to accept them, because they see in these signs a great threat to their position of authority among the people.

Here we see that the question and remark of the rich man in Hades to send someone from the dead to his brothers and that they would then believe, is not justified and Abraham’s answer is (Lk 16:30-31). Someone from the dead has come back into life here, but they don’t believe. These people only care about maintaining their own place of honor and authority among the people.

They discuss that all of them would believe in Him if they let Him go on. That new Leader would then become the cause for the Romans to come to put an end to this gathering. In the first place that would result in them losing their place – by which they meant their position or perhaps also the temple from which they derived that position. The second consequence would be that they would lose their people. They talk about ‘our’ place and about ‘our’ people. There is no thought of God.