Ezekiel 37:1-14
John 11:1-45
Lent 5 6th April 2014 Year A
John’s gospel scholars believe contains within it seven great miracles, seven being a sacred number, commencing with the changing of water into wine at Cana in Galilee and culminating in that which we have read here, the raising of Lazarus. This great final miracle is understood by John as something which prefigures of course the greatest miracle of all, the raising to life of Jesus following the crucifixion.
John 11:1-45
Lent 5 6th April 2014 Year A
John’s gospel scholars believe contains within it seven great miracles, seven being a sacred number, commencing with the changing of water into wine at Cana in Galilee and culminating in that which we have read here, the raising of Lazarus. This great final miracle is understood by John as something which prefigures of course the greatest miracle of all, the raising to life of Jesus following the crucifixion.