2. Is sought after					to make him King / to stone him
	6:15	mountain alone		11:1-6	remained...in place
6:15 Jesus therefore realised (because the crowd were calling him 'the prophet') that they were about to come and seize control of him so they could make him a king. He therefore departed and went back to the mountain on his own.			11:1-6 Now there was a certain man who was ailing. He was Lazarus from Bethany which was the village of Mary and Martha her sister. Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with ointment and who had wiped off his feet with her hair. Her brother Lazarus was ill. His sisters therefore sent (a message to Jesus) saying "Lord the one that you love is ill." On hearing this Jesus said "This ailment is not to result in death but rather for the glory of God so that the Son of God may be glorified through it." Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. When therefore he heard that he (Lazarus) was ill he remained where he was for two days.

John says here that Mary, the sister of Lazarus and Martha, is the mysterious ointment woman. One recalls that in terms of the structure of Mark's gospel 'an ointment woman' is the central figure in the concentric circle in his last Section D. (c/f the analysis in Reality Search). She is presented (arguably and c/f the analysis) as the 'definitive' person who understands Christ. It is because of Jesus' acceptance of her in Mark's gospel that his betrayal by Judas is triggered. In Matthew's gospel the ointment woman again appears and again Jesus' defence of her action triggers off his betrayal by Judas - this time Judas acts from the group of disciples who all disapproved of what she did.

In Luke's gospel the ointment woman is presented as a public sinner. Was this Mary the sister of Lazarus? Historically, did she ruin her reputation for example because of a liaison with a non-Jew? Some scholars suggest the family of Lazarus was connected to the priesthood. Bethany, near Jerusalem was a handy retreat for such a family to live in. If Lazarus is 'the other disciple' who followed Jesus after his arrest he must have had connections to walk into the High Priest's court then ask for Peter to be brought in as well. For a priestly family, a liaison with a non-Jew by Mary, sister of Lazarus, would have been anathema. If this liaison actually did take place 'the ointment woman' as presented in the synoptic gospels was not necessarily a prostitute as tradition generally assumes. Also, nobody says that this woman was Mary Magdalen which tradition also assumes. The sort of 'fall' brought about by an improper liaison might also fit in with the somewhat impetuous personality of Mary, sister of Lazarus and Martha. Luke as well as John says that Jesus himself was chided by Mary's sister Martha, for not telling Mary to go and help with preparations for the coming meal. Was this behaviour a habit on her part? Perhaps to Jesus, Mary was somewhat like a kid sister. Over the years and prior to the public life of Jesus, his family could have habitually stayed at Bethany for the week-long festivals in the nearby city of Jerusalem. In such case Jesus could have formed a deep bond with Lazarus which continued on into his public life and over those years he could also have watched Mary grow up.

In Luke's gospel there are details that are quietly mentioned about links between Jesus and the family of Lazarus at Bethany. For example, At the end of Luke's gospel, after Jesus has died and has risen again Luke says Jesus finally leaves his earthly existence from Bethany.

John also gives such details in relation to heated argument in the temple. In a paired paragraph the opponents of Jesus go off each to their own homes. In a parallel paragraph Jesus is in Bethany. John says that Mary the mother of Jesus is put into the care of the disciple that he loved. From that day she was taken to his own home. If this was Lazarus, she would have been taken to live at Bethany. Her presence there would be an added (or the major ) reason for Jesus' choice of Bethany (c/f Luke) for his final leave-taking.

3. Achieves goals			they arrive after storm / brother to rise
6:16-21	sea journey	11:7-37		on journey to

6:16-21 When evening came his disciples went down to the sea. They set out on a boat heading to Capernaum. Now darkness had come and Jesus had not yet met up with them. There was a gale blowing and the sea was very rough. Having rowed about twenty-five or thirty furlongs they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming towards the boat. They were afraid. But he (Jesus) said to them "It is myself". Do not be afraid. They wanted therefore to take him on board the boat and immediately the boat arrived at the place to which they were going.

11:7-37 Then after this (his delay of two days) he says to the disciples. "Let us go again into Judea. The disciples say to him "Rabbi the Jews were looking to stone you (after Jesus said 'I am in the Father' etc) and yet are you going back there again?" Jesus answered "Are there not twelve hours (of daylight) in the day? If anyone walks in the day(light) he does not stumble because he sees the light of this world. But if someone walks in the night he does stumble because the light is not in him." After he said these things to them he said "Lazarus our friend has fallen asleep but I am going (back into Judea) so that I can wake him up. "The disciples therefore said to him "If he has fallen asleep he will get better." Now Jesus was actually talking about his death but the men hearing thought he was talking about sleep in terms of slumber. Jesus therefore told them plainly "Lazarus has died. (Yet) I am happy for your sake because my not being there will help you to believe. Let us go to him." Thomas called "the Twin" said to his fellow-disciples "Let us also go so that we may die with him." And so it was that when Jesus came he found that (Lazarus) had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany is near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs away. Many of the Jews (from there) had come to visit Martha and Mary so they might console them about their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming she went to meet him. But Mary remained sitting in the house. Martha said to Jesus "Lord if you were here my brother would not have died. Now I know that whatever you ask for, God will give it to you." Jesus said to her "Your brother will rise again". She says to him "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection in the last day." Jesus said to her "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he should die, will live. Any person who lives and believes in me will not die (and have to wait for ) the end of time. Do you believe this?" She says to him "Yes Lord. I have believed that you are the Christ the son of God who has come into the world." And on saying this she went away and called Mary her sister aside privately saying "The Teacher is here and is asking for you." When (Mary) heard this she rose quickly and came to him. Now as yet Jesus had not come into the village. He was still in the place where Martha had met him. Therefore the Jews who were with her (Mary) in the house and consoling her, on seeing that Mary quickly got up and went out, followed her. They were thinking "She is going to the tomb so that she can weep there." Mary came to where Jesus was and on seeing him she fell at his feet saying to him. "Lord if you had been here my brother would not have died." Jesus, when he saw her weeping and also saw that the Jews coming with her were weeping groaned within his spirit and was himself upset. He said "Where have you put him?" They said to him "Lord come and see." (By this time) Jesus was weeping. The Jews therefore said "See how he loved him." But some of them said "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have prevented this man from dying?"

A key factor in the kingdom of Jesus was that people's well-being would extend into the after-life. The first paragraph ends with the center of a concentric circle relating to water that extends throughout the gospel of John (c/f analysis of Reality Search) that is, "they immediately arrived at where they were going". The second paragraph shows that the goal of the kingdom is achieved, because by believing in Jesus (and his way of life) one can live on into the after-life. The proof of this (in a paragraph to follow) will be demonstrated when Jesus calls Lazarus back from there. This will be his greatest 'sign'.
	4. Brings life		words of life / Lazarus come forth
	6:22-71	unbelief in synagogue		11:38-52	tomb

6:22-71 The next day the crowd that was standing on the other side of the sea saw that the other boat had gone and only one was left. They knew that Jesus did not go in the boat but that his disciples had gone away on their own. (Then) other boats from Tiberias arrived near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. So, when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there they (also) embarked in the boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus. On finding him to be on the other side of the sea they said to him "Rabbi how is it that you have come here?" Jesus answered them and said "Truly, truly I say to you, you are looking for me not because you saw signs but because you ate of the loaves and were satisfied (with them). Do not work for food that perishes but (rather) for the food that remains into eternal life. This is what the Son of man will give you. For on this one has God the Father set his seal (of approval)." They therefore said to him "What may we do so that we do the works of God?" Jesus answered and said to them "This is the work of that, that you believe in who has sent that one." They therefore said to him " What sign will you work so that we may see and believe you? What will you work? Our fathers ate manna in the desert just as it was written "He gave them bread from heaven to eat." Jesus therefore said to them "Truly truly I tell you it was not Moses who gave you bread from heaven. It was my Father (who did so and) who (also) gives true bread out of heaven. The bread of God is the one who comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world." They therefore said to him "Lord give us this bread all the time." Jesus said to them "I am the bread of life. Anyone who comes to me will not hunger. The one who believes in me will never be thirsty. But I I have told you both that you have seen me (who I am) and yet you do not believe. All that the Father gives to me will come (about) and the one who comes to me will by no means be cast outside. I have come down from heaven not to do my will but the will of the one who has sent me. And, this is the will of the one who has sent me, that I should not lose any of what he has given me, but rather I should raise it up in the last day. For, it is the will of my Father that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life and I will raise him up in the last day. Continued

11:38 Jesus therefore again groaned within himself. He came to the tomb. Now this was a cave and there was a stone lying on it. Jesus said "Lift up the stone." Martha, the sister of the one who had died said "Lord by now he would smell for it is the fourth day." Jesus says to her "I told you that if you believe you will see the glory of God. Have I not told you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?" They therefore lifted the stone. "Jesus lifted his eyes up to and said "Father I thank you that you have heard me. I know that you always hear me. But because of the crowd I have said this that they may believe that you have sent me." And so after saying these things he cried out with a great voice "Lazarus, come out." Continued