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Men's tears are shed not when we wish, but being natural passions of the body, we endure these things involuntarily, but God is not so, but doing all things by His authority He will also use the same power against His enemies. 156 Jo 11, 34 156 He did not say this out of ignorance, but so that by His question He might urge the crowds present to see the miracle on the pretext of showing Him the place, and that many might believe. 157Jo 11, 35 He wept, sympathizing with those who were weeping, but not for the dead man whom He was about to raise. 158Jo 11, 36-37 The Jews supposed the tears to be a symbol of love for the departed one. Therefore they said these things, but remembering the <miracle> of the blind man, they discussed among themselves, how He allowed Lazarus to die. They therefore sought a lesser thing, but Jesus did a greater; for making Lazarus not die was not the same as raising him from the dead, where if He had raised him while he was sick, the ungrateful could have attributed the health to the nature <of> the disease, which cannot be said of one raised from the dead. 159Jo 11, 38-39 Having braced Himself for the miracle at hand, He came to the place with a groan. And though He was able to open the cave without human effort, He allowed those present to do this, so that, perceiving the stench, they might be fully convinced not only that he was dead, but that he was already filled with a smell. 160 Jo 11, 39 Judging from the interval of days, that it was sufficient to decompose the body of the dead man, she said this. 161 col1Jo 11, 40 But the glory of God is shown not from the sequence of things that happen according to nature, but from the wonder-working of things accomplished beyond nature, contrary to expectation. The glory of God is shown from the wonder-working of things accomplished beyond nature, contrary to expectation. 162 Jo 11, 41 So when the stone had been moved away and the cave opened, Jesus lifted up His eyes and said: I thank you, Father, that you have heard me. 163 Jo 11, 43 But I think He said it was loud because it was divine and spoken with authority befitting God, and not because of the volume and resonance of the voice. 164 Jo 11, 43-44 Because of the unbelief of the Jews, He not only brought the dead man to life, but also caused him to come out with his feet and hands bound, which was itself a very great miracle. And so that no one might say that, as a friend, he feigned death and came out when He called him; for walking while bound was a sign almost equal to the resurrection. 165 Jo 11, 44 So that the ungrateful would have nothing to say, He commanded them to loose Lazarus' bonds with their own hands, so that even unwillingly they would bear witness to this. 166Jo 11, 45-46 Overcome by the miracle, they believed, and the Jews, going away, told the chief priests what they had seen. 167 Jo 11, 47-48 They had such hardness of heart as to acknowledge His signs, but nonetheless to deliberate about His execution for this reason alone, raging with murder against him out of immeasurable wickedness. 168Jo 11, 48 They said this, since it happened that those who believed immediately also confessed him as king, and the Romans attacked them as rebels. And for this reason they endured destruction, suffering irreparable things at the hands of the Romans. 169Jo 11, 49-52 And he foretold what was to happen not by partaking in prophetic virtue, but because he held the priestly dignity. But he spoke not knowing what he said nor understanding the economy of the matter; for he was urging his hearers to the plot against the Lord, but from another perspective the matter of the Father was being accomplished, who gave himself as a ransom for all and died not only for the people, but also for all the believing nations. And the evangelist explains this in the following verses. And he calls the believers from the nations children of God. 170 Jo 11, 53 As He Himself said through the prophet: They laid a lawless charge against me. 171Jo 11, 54 And He stayed outside the country, not fearing their plots, but awaiting the opportune time for the passion and so that not

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ἀνθρώπων δάκρυα μὲν ἐκχεῖται οὐχ ὅταν θέλωμεν, σώματος δὲ ὄντα φυσικὰ πάθη ἀκουσίως ταῦτα ὑπομένομεν, ὁ δὲ θεὸς οὐχ οὕτως, ἀλλ' ἐπ' ἐξουσίας πάντα ποιῶν καὶ κατὰ τῶν ἐχθρῶν τῇ αὐτῇ δυνάμει χρήσεται. 156 Jo 11, 34 156 Οὐκ ἀγνοῶν τοῦτο εἶπεν, ἀλλ' ἵνα ἐκ τῆς πεύσεως τὰ παρόντα πλήθη παρορμήσῃ ἐπὶ τὸ θεάσασθαι τὸ θαῦμα προφάσει τοῦ ὑποδεῖξαι τὸν τόπον καὶ πολλοὶ πιστεύσωσιν. 157Jo 11, 35 Ἐδάκρυσε συμπαθήσας τοῖς δακρύουσιν, οὐ μὴν τὸν τεθνηκότα ὃν ἤμελλεν ἀναστήσειν. 158Jo 11, 36-37 Οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι σύμβολον τῆς πρὸς τὸν ἀπελθόντα ἀγάπης τὰ δάκρυα ὑπελάμ βανον. διὸ ἔλεγον ταῦτα, μεμνημένοι δὲ τοῦ ἐπὶ τοῦ τυφλοῦ <θαύματος> συνεζήτουν πρὸς ἑαυτούς, πῶς συνεχώρησε τὸν Λάζαρον ἀποθανεῖν. ἐκεῖνοι μὲν οὖν ἥττονα ἐζήτουν, ὁ δὲ ἸηJoῦς μείζονα ἐποίησεν· οὐ γὰρ ὅμοιον ἦν τὸ ποιῆσαι τὸν Λάζαρον μὴ ἀποθανεῖν τῷ ἀναστῆσαι αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν, ὅπου εἰ νοJoῦντα αὐτὸν ἤγειρεν, ἠδύναντο οἱ ἀγνώμονες <ἐπὶ> τοῦ νοσήματος τὴν φύσιν ἀνενεγκεῖν τὴν ὑγείαν, ὅπερ οὐκ ἔστιν εἰπεῖν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστάντος. 159Jo 11, 38-39 Συντείνας ἑαυτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ προκείμενον θαῦμα μετ' ἐμβριμήσεως ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον ἦλθεν. δυνάμενος δὲ δίχα ἀνθρωπίνης ἐνεργείας καὶ τὸ σπήλαιον ἀνοῖξαι τοῖς παροῦσιν ἐπιτρέπει ποιῆσαι τοῦτο, ὅπως τῆς δυσωδίας αἰσθόμενοι πληρο φορηθῶσιν, ὅτι οὐ μόνον ἐτεθνήκει, ἀλλ' ὅτι καὶ ὀσμῆς ἤδη ἐπεπλήρωτο. 160 Jo 11, 39 Τεκμαιρομένη τῶν ἡμερῶν τὸ διάστημα, ὅτι ἱκανὸν ἦν λῦσαι τοῦ νεκροῦ τὸ σῶμα, εἶπεν τοῦτο. 161 col1Jo 11, 40 ∆όξα δὲ θεοῦ δείκνυται οὐκ ἐκ τῆς ἀκολουθίας τῶν κατὰ φύσιν γενο μένων, ἀλλ' ἐκ τῆς θαυματουργίας τῶν ὑπὲρ τὴν φύσιν παρ' ἐλπίδα ἀποτελου μένων. ∆όξα θεοῦ δείκνυται ἐκ τῆς θαυματουργίας τῶν ὑπὲρ φύσιν παρ' ἐλπίδα τελουμένων. 162 Jo 11, 41 Ἀποκινηθέντος τοίνυν τοῦ λίθου καὶ τοῦ σπηλαίου ἀνοιγέντος ὁ ἸηJoῦς ἦρεν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς καὶ εἶπεν· εὐχαριστῶ Joι, πάτερ, ὅτι ἤκου σάς μου. 163 Jo 11, 43 ἐγὼ δὲ νομίζω μεγάλην αὐτὴν εἰρηκέναι διὰ τὸ θεῖαν αὐτὴν εἶναι καὶ μετ' ἐξουσίας εἰρῆσθαι τῆς θεοπρεποῦς καὶ οὐ διὰ τὸ ἀνάστημα καὶ γεγωνὸς τῆς φωνῆς. 164 Jo 11, 43-44 ∆ιὰ τὸ ἄπιστον τῶν Ἰουδαίων οὐ μόνον τὸν νεκρὸν ἐζωοποίησεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ δεδεμένον τοὺς πόδας καὶ τὰς χεῖρας ἐξελθεῖν παρεσκεύασεν, ὅπερ καὶ αὐτὸ μέγιστον ὑπῆρχε θαῦμα. καὶ ἵνα μή τις εἴπῃ, ὅτι ὡς φίλος θάνατον προσεποι ήσατο καὶ ὅτε ἐφώνησεν αὐτόν, ἐξῆλθεν· καὶ γὰρ ὅμοιον ἦν σημεῖον σχεδὸν τῆς ἀναστάσεως τὸ περιπατεῖν δεδεμένον. 165 Jo 11, 44 ∆ιὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν τοὺς ἀγνώμονάς τι λέγειν ἐκέλευσεν αὐτοὺς ἰδίαις χερσὶν λῦσαι τὰ τοῦ Λαζάρου δεσμά, ἵνα καὶ ἄκοντες μαρτυρήσωσιν τούτῳ. 166Jo 11, 45-46 Νικηθέντες τῷ θαύματι ἐπίστευσαν καὶ ἀπελθόντες εἶπον τοῖς ἀρχι ερεῦσιν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι, ἃ ἑωράκασιν. 167 Jo 11, 47-48 Τοσαύτην εἶχον πώρωσιν ὡς ὁμολογεῖν μὲν αὐτοῦ τὰ σημεῖα, οὐδὲν δὲ ἧττον σκέπτεσθαι περὶ τῆς ἀναιρέσεως αὐτοῦ διὰ τοῦτο μόνον ἐξ ἀμέτρου κακίας φονῶντες κατ' αὐτοῦ. 168Jo 11, 48 Τοῦτο ἔλεγον, ἐπείπερ συνέβαινε τοὺς πιστεύοντας καὶ βασιλέα αὐτὸν εὐθὺς ὁμολογεῖν, καὶ ἐπετίθεντο αὐτοῖς οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι ὡς ἀνταίρουσιν. καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἀνάστασιν ὑπέμειναν ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων παθόντες ἀνήκεστα. 169Jo 11, 49-52 Προέλεγε δὲ τὸ γενησόμενον οὐ προφητικῆς μετέχων ἀρετῆς, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ ἀντιλαβέσθαι ἱερατικῆς ἀξίας. ἔλεγε δὲ οὐκ εἰδὼς ὃ ἐλάλει οὐδὲ ἐπιστάμενος τὴν τοῦ πράγματος οἰκονομίαν· ὁ μὲν γὰρ εἰς τὴν κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἐπιβουλὴν παρώρμα τοὺς ἀκούοντας, ἐπ' ἄλλης δὲ θεωρίας ἐτελεῖτο τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦ πατρὸς λύτρον ἑαυτὸν δεδωκότος ὑπὲρ πάντων καὶ ἀποθανόντος οὐχ ὑπὲρ μόνου τοῦ λαοῦ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑπὲρ πάντων πεπιστευκότων ἐθνῶν. τοῦτο δὲ διὰ τῶν ἑξῆς ἑρμηνεύει ὁ εὐαγγελιστής. τέκνα δὲ θεοῦ καλεῖ τοὺς ἐξ ἐθνῶν πιστεύ οντας. 170 Jo 11, 53 Ὥσπερ αὐτὸς εἶπεν διὰ τοῦ προφήτου· λόγον παράνομον κατέθεντο κατ' ἐμοῦ. 171Jo 11, 54 ∆ιέτριβε δὲ ἔξω τῆς χώρας οὐ δεδοικὼς τὰς ἐκείνων ἐπιβουλάς, ἀλλὰ περιμένων τὸν ἐπιτήδειον τοῦ πάθους καιρὸν καὶ ἵνα μὴ