Johannes 11:43

43 Da er das gesagt hatte, rief er mit lauter Stimme: Lazarus, komm heraus!

Johannes 11:43 Meaning and Commentary

John 11:43

And when he had thus spoken
To God his Father, in the presence and hearing of the people;

he cried with a loud voice;
not on account of the dead, but for the sake of those around him, that all might hear and observe; and chiefly to show his majesty, power and authority, and that what he did was open and above board, and not done by any secret, superstitious, and magical whisper; and as an emblem of the voice and power of his Gospel in quickening dead sinners, and of the voice of the arcangel and trumpet of God, at the general resurrection;

Lazarus come forth;
he calls him by his name, not only as being his friend, and known by him, but to distinguish him from any other corpse that might lie interred in the same cave; and he bids him come forth out of the cave, he being quickened and raised immediately by the power which went forth from Christ as soon as ever he lifted up his voice; which showed him to be truly and properly God, and to have an absolute dominion over death and the grave.

Johannes 11:43 In-Context

41 Da hoben sie den Stein ab, da der Verstorbene lag. Jesus aber hob seine Augen empor und sprach: Vater, ich danke dir, daß du mich erhört hast.

42 Doch ich weiß, daß du mich allezeit hörst; aber um des Volkes willen, das umhersteht, sage ich's, daß sie glauben, du habest mich gesandt.

43 Da er das gesagt hatte, rief er mit lauter Stimme: Lazarus, komm heraus!

44 Und der Verstorbene kam heraus, gebunden mit Grabtüchern an Füßen und Händen und sein Angesicht verhüllt mit dem Schweißtuch. Jesus spricht zu ihnen: Löset ihn auf und lasset ihn gehen!

45 Viele nun der Juden, die zu Maria gekommen waren und sahen, was Jesus tat, glaubten an ihn.