Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Lazarus » Brother of martha and mary
Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.
So they gave a supper for Him there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.
So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus also,
Lazarus » Brother of mary and martha » Plotted against by the chief priests
So the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also, Because on account of him many of the Jews were going away [were withdrawing from and leaving the Judeans] and believing in and adhering to Jesus.
Malice » Examples of
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent’s;
Poison of a viper is under their lips.
Now when they heard this [accusation and understood its implication], they were cut to the heart, and they began grinding their teeth [in rage] at him.
They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s webs;
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from an egg which is crushed a viper breaks out.
And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull,
So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus also,
But he disdained laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him who the people of Mordecai were (his nationality); so Haman determined to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who lived throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
There is a generation (class of people) whose teeth are like swords
And whose jaw teeth are like knives,
To devour the afflicted from the earth
And the needy from among men.
Persecution » Instances of » Of lazarus
So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus also,