Watch and Discuss:

Watch a video clip from Season 4, episode 7: (Based on John Chapter 11 in the Bible). As you watch, take notes and be prepared to answer the following questions:

1. Describe the streets in the town and what you saw in them.
2. Why were people crying? Who comforted Jesus when He wept?
3. Describe the places dead people were buried in those days in the Middle East.
4. How did the men open the closed tomb? What did Jesus do next?
5. What happened when Jesus shouted the dead man’s name?
6. Who helped the man out of his wrappings?

Listening Practice:

Watch the video clip again and fill in the missing words from the box on the right:

Watch the video clip again and fill in the missing words from the box on the right:

Mary: Lord. If you were here, my would not have died. We sent . Why didn't you come? Why did you wait? Why?

Jesus: I will show you why. Where have you him?

Mary: Lord, come and see.

Jesus: Take away the .

Man: He said, "Take away the stone."

Jesus: Was I ?

Martha: Lord. By this time there will be an . He's been dead for four days.

Jesus: Martha. Surely you know that is a matter. Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God? Your only in this moment is faith. I say to you again, the stone.

Men: Ready? One, two, three. Come on. Use your legs.

Jesus: Father. I thank you that you have heard me. I know that you always hear me... but I said this on of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me.

Man: “Sent”?

Thomas: What is he doing?

Mary Magdalene: He already told us last night. You don't ?

James: He said so that we and many others might believe in him.

John: We already in him.

Mary Magdalene: Not everyone for everything.

Jesus: Lazarus, come out!

Mary: Laz! Lazarus!

Jesus: him. Get him out of those wrappings.

Lazarus: Martha?

Martha: Yes, brother. I'm here.

Lazarus: What has happened?

Martha: You're...You're back.

Lazarus: Jesus. Was I... Am I dreaming?

Jesus: This is no .

Jesus’s Mother: You just up.

Lazarus: I was asleep?

Jesus: Back in the of the living, brother.

Lazarus: Thank you.

Jesus: I'm sorry it had to be this way, but also not, because there is a plan in all of it.

Lazarus: I trust you. I know you like to keep me , but I am naked underneath these wrappings.

Jesus: You could use a .

Lazarus: And I'm .

Jesus: Don't be so . It's only been four days.

Lazarus: Four days?

Jesus’s Mother: The longest of your life.

Lazarus: Oh! Oh, gentle.

Vocabulary Exercises:

Match the words on the left with the definitions on the right.

Completion Exercise:

Complete these sentences with words from the exercise above: (Hint: you may need to change the form of some words)

1. The of rotten fish filled the air in the abandoned harbour.
2. We don’t agree on topics, so how can we agree on important ones?
3. He is a strong and successful leader, but he is about his accomplishments.
4. Jane took a long after writing her physics exam on Thursday morning.
5. The doctor slowly the bandages wrapped around the little boy’s broken arm.
6. The tiny bird found only a few crumbs to eat on the cold winter morning.
7. The elementary schools were closed on Friday the heavy snow storm.
8. He’s not really as sick as he says. He’s just being .

Discussion Questions:

1. Why was Mary sad and upset with Jesus?
2. How long had Lazarus been dead?
3. How many times did Jesus have to ask them to take away the stone?
4. What did Jesus want people to believe about Him?
5. How did Mary Magdalene know Jesus was going to raise Lazarus from the dead?
6. What did Mary Magdalene mean when she said, “Not everyone for everything.”?
7. What did Jesus mean when He said, “There is a higher plan in all of it.”?
8. What does this event teach us about Jesus?