Joh 11:41-46 | PNT | STEP | And Jesus lifted up [his] eyes . The Son always sought to honor the Father and to show that the Father was in him as he was in the Father. I thank thee that thou hast heard me . Constantly in communion with the Father, he had the Father's answer already and assent to what he was about to do.

John 11:41-46

And Jesus lifted up [his] eyes. The Son always sought to honor the Father and to show that the Father was in him as he was in the Father.

I thank thee that thou hast heard me. Constantly in communion with the Father, he had the Father's answer already and assent to what he was about to do. Thou hearest me always. Even in Gethsemane, when the cup was not taken away (Mt 26:39,42,44 Mr 14:36,39). He cried with a loud voice. A suggestion of the "voice like the sound of many waters" (Re 1:15), at which all who are in their graves shall come forth (1Th 4:16). It was the voice of authority. And he that was dead came forth. The earth had never beheld a more wonderful or startling sight. At once the sleeper arose, came forth, bound with his grave clothes, with the napkin still upon his face that had been bound under his jaw to keep it from falling. The lookers-on, astonished, dazed, were only recalled to themselves when the Lord bade them, "Loose him and let him go". He spoke as the Divine Word, and death obeyed. As he cried to Lazarus, "Come forth" (Joh 11:43), so shall he speak with the voice of an archangel to all that are in their graves, and they shall come forth and live (1Th 4:16). Many of the Jews . . . believed on him. They could not doubt after such a display of Divine power. There were, as usual, two classes. The others went and reported to the Pharisees.