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Wednesday, 11 February 2026

John 11 Highlights - "he cried out with a loud voice..."

My highlights from reading/listening to the second half of John 11 (Lazarus' resurrection) are:

1) Jesus prayed to Jehovah out loud, and said to Jehovah he knows he always hears him, but he spoke out loud on account of the crowd so they can know God sent him. Though I like praying our loud very quietly too, even more lately, this passage feels like it speaks to the validity of silent prayers, too.

2) in verse 43: "When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice: “Lazʹa·rus, come out!”". I imagine him speaking very loudly here, even louder than some recordings portray it, but tonight when I read this I imagine it sounding less like an announcement or proclamation across only the physical space between him and the tomb, but Jesus calling out through the very fabric of life and death to Lazarus there, telling him to come out. I imagine his voice extremely powerful here, not only in volume but quality. Because if I am to take this account as it sounds to me right now, this is Jesus not just announcing Lazarus' return, but this is Jesus calling out to Lazarus himself into the grave, with the power that brings him right out of it. ("And they will hear his voice and come out...". That must be so incredible. How amazing to hear Jesus call out to you into the grave, bringing you out of it. Lazarus knows it. And someday, she will, too.

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