After Jesus told them that He was glad Lazarus died for their benefit (v. John 11:11-14 states Jesus was the One who informed the disciples that Lazarus was dead. It will motivate the religious leaders to murder Christ- to crucify Him on the cross! Our study is about the resurrection of Lazarus. In the last three studies, we have learned that Jesus intentionally waited for Lazarus to die. He could have chosen one of the other miracles. So what was the purpose of this brief information about the miracles? It is to help us understand that of all the miracles, the death of Lazarus was the final one before Christ’s death. Five times the gospel of John called these miracles “signs” (John 2:11 4:54 6:14 9:16 11:47). All eight miracles in the gospel of John gradually build to a crescendo that reveals the deity of Christ and the eighth miracle that helped the disciples recognize Jesus. The gospel of John recorded eight miracles: water turned into wine (John 2:1-11), child healed from a distance (John 4:46-54), healing of a man who had been ill for thirty-eight years (John 5:1-9) feeding of the five thousand (John 6:1-14), Jesus walked on water (John 6:16-21), healing of a man blind from birth (John 9:1-17) raising of Lazarus (John 11:17-44), the disciples catching fish only on the right-side of the boat (John 21:1-14). A child, a young man and an adult were raised from the dead. Only three of the miracles are about the raising of a dead person: the daughter of Jairus (Matthew 9:18, 23-26 Mark 5:21-43 Luke 8:40-56), the son of a widow (Luke 7:11-17) and Lazarus (John 11:38-46). Five miracles are recorded in two gospels, and eighteen miracles can be found in only one gospel. Eleven miracles are recorded in three gospels. Only the miracle of the feeding of five thousand men is recorded in all four gospels (Matthew 14:15-21 Mark 6:35-44 Luke 9:12-17 John 6:1-14). There are thirty-five miracles recorded in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.