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CHAPTER 59
DESIRE OF
AGES
John 11: 47-54

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Raising of Lazarus
JERUSALE
BETHANY
M
That mighty miracle was the
crowning evidence offered by
God to men that He had sent
His Son into the world for
their salvation.
O Sadducees

P They did not believe in resurrection of the dead.

Party of high priests, aristocratic families, and merchants the

P wealthier elements of the population.

They decided that only by His death could His fearless

O denunciations against them be stopped.

Pharisees
S They believe in resurrection of the dead.
following legal traditions that were ascribed not to the Bible
I but to “the traditions of the fathers.”
The miracles He performed on the Sabbath were all for the
T relief of the afflicted, but the Pharisees condemn Him as
Sabbathbreaker.
I Caiaphas

O High Priest who organized a plot to kill Jesus.

Proud and cruel man, overbearing and intolerant.
N Studied the prophecies but ignorant of their true
meaning.
Ye know nothing at all, nor
consider that it is expedient for
us, that one man should die for
the people, and that the whole
nation perish not.
In declaring that one man should die
for the nation, Caiaphas indicated
that he had some knowledge of the
prophecies, although it was very
limited.
On the lips of Caiaphas
this most precious truth
was turned into a lie.
Thus in their opinion, He had set
aside the priesthood. Satan told
them that in order to maintain
their, authority, they must put
Jesus to death.
 In rejecting the proof of the
divinity of Jesus, these priest
and rulers had locked
themselves in impenetrable
darkness.
“When they persecute you
in this city, flee ye into
another.”
Matthew 10:23
 His life had been one of
persecution.

Driven from Bethlehem by

a jealous king.

Rejected by His own

people at Nazareth

Condemned to death
without a cause in
Jerusalem
GEveryone
od bless