Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音）
Mary's Search for Jesus
Text: John 11: 30-31
MARY’S SEARCH FOR JESUS
Mary must have been informed that Jesus had not yet reached her home yet. She did not wait for Him to come. She would go and seek Him.
“Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met Him. Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, ‘She is going to the tomb to weep there.’”
John 11:30-31
1. “Now Jesus had not yet come into the town”
a. The town was Bethany.
b. Martha had met Jesus just outside the town.
c. Jesus was still there when Martha made a quick exit to call Mary.
2. “Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her”
a. The family of Lazarus, Martha and Mary must have been fairly prominent.
b. “The Jews”
i. This was a term John used to describe the influential leaders of the Jewish hierarchy.
ii. These people had known Lazarus and his family.
c. “Comforting her”
i. It was normal for people to go to homes that had suffered bereavement.
ii. To attempt to give comfort was a normal thing to do.
3. “When they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her”
a. These comforters felt with the family.
b. They followed Mary.
c. Mary had not told them where she was going.
d. She had not told them that Jesus was coming.
4. “She is going to the tomb to weep there”
a. They assumed that Mary was going to the tomb of Lazarus.
b. She had loved her brother dearly and had grieved terribly when he died.
c. They were willing to follow Mary though the tomb was a distance away from the town of Bethany.
d. These were genuinely concerned for their friends Mary and Martha.
Perhaps their presence might give her some measure of comfort.
经文：约翰福音 11：30-31
马利亚寻找耶稣
马利亚被告知耶稣还没有到她家那里。她没有等祂来。她立刻去找祂。
“那时耶稣还没有进村子，仍在马大迎接他的地方。那些同马利亚在家里安慰她的犹太人，见她急忙起来出去，就跟着她，以为她要往坟墓那里去哭。”
《约翰福音 11：30-31》