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And [just] like Moses lifted up the snake [on the pole] in the wilderness [Num. 21:9], so the Son of man must be lifted up [on the cross]

Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeAtonementSerpentsChrist, Types OfProphecies Said By JesusForeknowledge Of ChristIsrael In The WildernessChrist's Crucifixion Foretold

Therefore, the Samaritan woman asked Him, "Why is it that you, being a Jew, would ask a Samaritan woman [like me] for a drink?" (For Jews do not have any fellowship with Samaritans). [Note: The reason for this stemmed from longstanding religious, cultural and ethnic prejudices].

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessAskingJews, TheRacial PrejudiceLonelinessOutsidersSamaritansDisfellowshipDiscourtesyOutcastsMan Providing WaterJews Separate From GentilesNo Dealings

This is the bread that came down from heaven [i.e., Jesus is referring to Himself]. [It is] not like [the bread] our forefathers ate and [then] died. The person who eats this bread will live forever."

Verse ConceptsAncestorsChrist Going DownLife In ChristNot Like ThingsChrist And HeavenDeath Of Other GroupsJesus As FoodLife Is In Christ

The guards answered, "No one has ever spoken like this man."

Verse ConceptsUnique ChristChrist Speaking

Now you people have not known Him [i.e., to be your Lord], but I know Him. And if I should say, 'I do not know Him,' I would be a liar like you. But I [do] know Him, and I obey His message.

Verse ConceptsChrist's Knowledge Of The FatherChrist Knowing GodI Keep The CommandmentsThose Who Are Liars

Other people said, "[Yes], that is him," while [still] others said, "No, [it is not]; he [just] looks like him." The man said, "I am the one, [all right]."

Verse ConceptsLike People By NatureThis Is Me

Unless this man came from God, he would not be able to do anything [like this]."

Verse ConceptsChrist's OriginUnable To Do Other Things

So, when Jesus arrived, He found out that Lazarus had already been in his grave [i.e., a cave-like tomb] for four days.

Verse ConceptsFour Or Five Dayslazarus

Now there were certain Greeks among those going up to Jerusalem to worship [God] at the [Passover] Festival [Note: These people were God-fearing Gentiles like Cornelius. See Acts 10].

Verse ConceptsGreeksJudaismProselytesflexibility

So, these people approached [the apostle] Philip, who was from Bethsaida, in Galilee with the request, "Sir, we would like to see Jesus."

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineSeeking ChristThe First Sight Of Christ

Now there was an [olive] orchard at the place where Jesus was crucified. And in the orchard there was a new grave site [i.e., a cave-like tomb] where no one had ever been buried.

Verse ConceptsHorticultureTombsUnusedGardensBurying placesThe CrossJesus Deathcrucifixion

Now early [in the morning], while it was still dark on the first day of the week [i.e., Sunday], Mary from Magdala went to the [cave-like] tomb and saw the stone [had been] removed from [the entrance of] the tomb.

Verse ConceptsLord's Day, TheSundayStonesThe First Day Of The WeekThe Act Of OpeningOpening PitsJesus TombDarkness Of NightThose Who Rose EarlyPerspective

He stooped down and looked inside [the cave-like tomb] and saw the linen cloths lying there [i.e., these were wrappings used to hold embalming spices against the body], but he did not go in.

Verse ConceptsEntering TombsCrouching

Then Simon Peter, who had been following him, also arrived and went [straight] into the cave-like tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there.

Verse ConceptsEntering Tombsimpulsiveness

Finally, the other disciple, who had arrived at the cave-like tomb first, went on into it. And [when] he saw [the grave clothes, but no body], he believed [in Jesus' resurrection].

Verse ConceptsThe Beloved DiscipleEntering TombsThose Who Believed In Christ

but Mary [from Magdala] was standing outside of the cave-like tomb crying. While she was [still] crying she stooped down to look in the tomb,

Verse ConceptsSorrowUnhappinessWeepingCrouchingJesus TombMourning The Death Of Christ