FJV has stated something of EXTREME IMPORTANCE here. FJV is correct. Our Poster Jay Raskin established that John is Complementary to Mark by way of a Link from a Shared Source. YMMV, but John displays something left out of Mark at this point. 'N the point is John 11+ (John 11 into John 12). From my POV:FransJVermeiren wrote:The story of the raising of Lazarus can be read as a historical, non-mythological story of the war years.
1. "Lazarus" => "Eleazar", as in "The House of Eleazar". "Mark is smooth but John tells us a deeper Story". On the view that the Romans are using a rewrite of Source John to tell us what they are doing, the House of Eleazar (= Jehoiarib = Hasmoneans) is a real threat to Roman Hegemony.
[49] But one of them, Ca'iaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all;
[50] you do not understand that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation should not perish."
2. The Story turns. The Rulership and Priesthood (Revelation 5: 10) must be resurrected to give those Titles from God over to the Romans. This is where FJV's statement is very deep. It isn't Mytho-Christological. The Romans really ARE telling you what they are going to do (and did).
3. John 11 is written from Source because Lazarus dies and IS DEAD:
[44] The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with bandages, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."
Lazarus is dead and his face is wrapped with a cloth ("Soudarian", for Jesus' head bandages in John).
John 20: 6 - 7 (RSV):
[6] Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; he saw the linen cloths lying,
[7] and the napkin, which had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself.
There is no talk of resurrection here. Lazarus is dead and this "Jesus" will have to die - It wil be EXPEDIENT - so that the people and the whole nation should not perish. Hmmm...
4. THEREFORE, the chief Priests and the Pharisees will plot to kill "Jesus". 'N if this is Historical in the sense considered, then so is the early Markan Story of the "Man With the Withered Hand":
Mark 3: 4 - 6 (RSV):
[4] And he said to them, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?" But they were silent.
[5] And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
[6] The Pharisees went out, and immediately held counsel with the Hero'di-ans against him, how to destroy him.
The statement in verse 4 is nonsensical with respect to restoring a man's withered hand. The Symbolic System that would render "Lazarus" a real person should be at work here. "Jesus" is looking back. The "Man With the Withered Hand" is freed from his affliction, as is the "Woman Bent Over 18 Years". She doesn't have to worship Herod as she worships God in the Temple. The withered hand is healed - He can write again. He can tell of things that happened years ago.
5. John 12: 1 - 2 (RSV):
[1] Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Laz'arus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
[2] There they made him a supper; Martha served, and Laz'arus was one of those at table with him.
Who wrote the Source that is so cleverly hidden in John 11? Evidence points to Zakkai. A previous Thread shows the middle chapters of Numbers that deal with dead bodies and the Second Passover for Sojourners and people who touch dead bodies no more than seven days before Passover. Jesus is Ritually Unclean. He could not be a High Priest to any Jew. As a human sacrifice, he could appeal to no Jew for any reason. Besides, Hebrew "Lamb" gives the Joke for the "Human Passover Sacrifice".
Some one knew something.
FJV knows something as well. Something extremely important.
CW