Week 11 of 21 · John 11 · Thursday January 28
I Am the Resurrection and the Life
Jesus loves His friends enough to let them walk through death so that God may be glorified, and He weeps with them in it. He does not only teach the resurrection; He is the resurrection and the life. The sign that gives Lazarus life seals Jesus’ own death, which God turns into the gathering of His children.
“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”John 11:25–26
MondayRead John 11 twice and mark itMon Jan 25
TuesdayStudy notes and the Observe questionsTue Jan 26
WednesdayInterpret, Weigh the Teachers and ApplyWed Jan 27
Thursday eveningTogether: the film, the worksheet, prayerThu Jan 28
Season 4, Episode 7 · “The Last Sign”Jesus raises Lazarus (11:17–44).
Season 4, Episode 6 (end) · “Dedication”News that Lazarus is sick; Thomas: “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him” (11:1–16).
Read it against John 11
- The episode adds a private conversation between Jesus and Lazarus, and a flash-forward of Matthew visiting Mary Magdalene in Gaul. Neither is in Scripture.
- “I am the resurrection and the life” (11:25–27) and “Jesus wept” (11:35) are kept. Read them before you watch.
- John 11:47–53 — Caiaphas’s prophecy that one man should die for the nation — is staged in the next episode, Season 4, Episode 8.
The Chosen is a drama, not Scripture. Watch it to picture the people and places, then test every scene by the text — “examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so” (Acts 17:11). God’s Word is the truth; where the film differs, the Word wins.