The Arrival at Bethany and Martha's Grief
But he is present everywhere by his divinity and fills all things. For after four days of Lazarus having been buried, Jesus came to Bethany to make a jest of the resurrection of his friend. Therefore, when the Lord had arrived in Bethany, as Martha, the sister of Lazarus, heard, she ran, she hurried, approaching him with a plea.ought to be saying to the Lord: 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died (John 11:21). And now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give to you (John 11:22).' But the Lord himself, being an ocean of patience, answered saying: 'What are you saying, Martha? You call him Lord, and you do not realize he is Lord? Was I not here? Wait a little; for in haste you will learn from your brother. For your brother will rise. I forgive you, Martha; for you are intoxicated with grief—just as it was said to her: 'he who is intoxicated with good wine stumbles'—when you become sober, then you will be of sound mind. For your brother will rise.'
And Martha, thus being swept along, brought back human words to the Lord, saying: 'I know that he will rise on the last day (John 11:23).' But the Lord to her: 'Why are you walking unsteadily, O Martha? Why do you rise up toward distant hopes regarding the resurrection? The resurrection is being discussed with you, and about the resurrection you discuss? I am the resurrection and the life; the one believing in me, even if he dies, will live (John 11:25-26).' While the Lord was saying these small things, all the city of Bethany ran toward the presence of the Lord, not to marvel but to laugh. For they did not have hope that a four-day-old dead man would rise. What then is the Lord?
When he saw such a great crowd running, and that they were worthy and sufficient for witnessing the one about to be raised from him, having answered them, he said: 'Where have you placed Lazarus? Does not the master of the place know the place?' He knew the place, but he was acting out the manner, so that all, having been compelled again, might follow Jesus, so that having received the resurrection by sight, they might become unshakeable witnesses. 'Where have you placed him?' And those having been questioned said to him: 'Come and see.' And as the Lord was walking and hurrying to the tomb, the crowd following behind struck out toward themselves, saying: 'What does this one want, to behold the tomb of Lazarus? If he is a son of God, he will raise this one.' For those approaching...
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τῇ δὲ θεότητι πανταχοῦ παρὼν καὶ τὰ πάντα πληρῶν. Μετὰ γὰρ τέσσαρας ἡμέρας τοῦ ταφῆναι τὸν Λάζαρον, ἦλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς Βηθανίαν τὴν ἀνάστασιν τοῦ φίλου κωμῳδῆσαι. Ὅθεν καὶ τοῦ κυρίου παραγενομένου ἐν Βηθανίᾳ, ὡς ἤκουσε Μάρθα ἡ ἀδελφὴ Λαζάρου, ἔδραμεν, ἔσπευσε, προσέπε σεν ἐν παρακλήσει αἱρετικὴν πρεσβείαν προσφέρουσα. Προσπε σοῦσα γὰρ ἔφασκε τῷ κυρίῳ λέγουσα· Κύριε, εἰ ἦς ὧδε, οὐκ ἂν ἀπέθανεν ὁ ἀδελφός μου. Καὶ νῦν οἶδα ὅτι ὅσα ἂν αἰτήσῃ τὸν θεόν, δώσει σοι ὁ θεός. Ὁ δὲ κύριος αὐτὸς πέλαγος ὢν μακροθυμίας ἀπεκρίνατο λέγων· Τί λέγεις, Μάρθα; Κύριον καλεῖς, καὶ κύριον οὐκ ἐννοεῖς; Οὐκ ἤμην ὧδε; Μικρὸν καρτέρησον· ἐν τάχει γὰρ παρὰ τοῦ 1 ἀδελφοῦ σου μαθήσῃ. Ἀναστήσεται γὰρ ὁ ἀδελφός σου. Συγγινώσκω σοι, Μάρθα· μεθύεις γὰρ τῇ λύπῃ–ὥσπερ αὐτῇ εἶπεν· καλῶν μεθύων τις σφάλλεται–, ὅτε ἐκνήψεις, τότε σωφρονισθήσῃ. Ἀναστήσεται γὰρ ὁ ἀδελφός σου. Ἡ δὲ Μάρθα καὶ οὕτως συμπεριενεχθεῖσα ἀνθρωπίνοις ῥήμασιν ἀνθυπένεγκε τῷ κυρίῳ λέγουσα· Οἶδα ὅτι ἀναστήσεται ἐν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ. Ὁ δὲ κύριος πρὸς αὐτήν· Τί βαμβαίνεις, ὦ Μάρθα; Τί εἰς μακρὰς ἐλπίδας τὴν ἀνάστασιν ἀναδύῃ; Ἡ ἀνάστασίς σοι διαλέγεται, καὶ περὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως διαλέγῃ; Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἀνάστασις καὶ ἡ ζωή· ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμὲ κἂν ἀποθάνῃ ζήσεται. Ταῦτα τοῦ κυρίου διαλεγομένου μικροῦ δεῖν πᾶσα ἡ πόλις Βηθανία κατέδραμεν εἰς τὴν παρουσίαν τοῦ κυρίου, οὐ θαυμάσαι ἀλλὰ γελάσαι. Οὐκ εἶχον γὰρ ἐλπίδα τετραήμερον νεκρὸν ἀναστῆσαι. Τί οὖν ὁ κύριος; Ὡς εἶδε τοσοῦτον πλῆθος καταδραμὸν καὶ ὅτι ἄξιοί εἰσι καὶ ἱκανοῦσι πρὸς μαρτυρίαν τοῦ μέλλοντος παρ' αὐτοῦ ἀνεγείρεσθαι, ἀποκριθεὶς πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἔφη· Ποῦ τεθείκατε Λάζαρον; Ἆρ' οὐκ ᾔδει τὸν τόπον ὁ τοῦ τόπου δεσπότης; Ἤδει τὸν τόπον, ἀλλ' ἐπραγματεύσατο τὸν τρόπον, ὅπως πάντες αὖθις ἀναγκασθέντες ἐπακολουθήσωσι τῷ Ἰησοῦ, ἵνα αὐτοψὶ δεξάμενοι τὴν ἀνάστασιν ἀναμφίβολοι κήρυκες γένωνται. Ποῦ τεθείκατε αὐτόν; Οἱ δὲ ἐπερωτηθέντες εἶπον πρὸς αὐτόν· Ἔρχου καὶ ἴδε. Τοῦ δὲ κυρίου βαδίζοντος καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν τάφον σπεύδοντος ὁ ἀκολουθῶν ὄπισθεν ὄχλος ἀντέβαλε πρὸς ἑαυτὸν λέγων· Τί θέλει οὗτος τὸν τάφον Λαζάρου θεάσασθαι; Εἰ υἱός ἐστι τοῦ θεοῦ, τοῦτον ἀναστήσει. Τῶν γὰρ προσφάτως
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A bishop's powerful reflection on the resurrection of Lazarus and the faith that challenges doubt.
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- Copy-text PG 39 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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