A Servant is Not Greater than His Master Thomas Watson: The right manner of growth is to grow less in one’s own eyes.     John 13:8-17 Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” Simon Peter said … [Read More...] John 13:8-17

He Loved Them to the End J.C. Ryle: Humility and love are precisely the graces which the men of the world can understand, if they do not comprehend doctrines. They are graces about which there is no mystery, and they are within reach of all Christians. John 13:1-7 Now before the Feast of the Passover, … [Read More...] John 13:1-7

They Still Did Not Believe in Him A.W. Pink: They had refused the light, now darkness shall be their dreadful portion. They had rejected the truth, now a heart which loved error should be the terrible harvest.   John 12:36-50 "While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of … [Read More...] John 12:36-50

Walk While You Have the Light Matthew Henry: The first lesson in Christ’s school is self-denial.     John 12:27-36 “Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from … [Read More...] John 12:27-36

The Hour Has Come J.C. Ryle: The world may pour contempt on our religion, and laugh us and our Christianity to scorn; but when the Father honors us at the last day, before the assembly of angels and men, we shall find that His praise makes amends for all. John 12:12-26 The next day the … [Read More...] John 12:12-26

You Do Not Always Have Me S. Lewis Johnson: A person can be very, very close to the Lord Jesus by position and very, very far in heart from him.   John 12:1-11 Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. So they … [Read More...] John 12:1-11

One Man should Die for the People J.C. Ryle: God can make the designs of His enemies work together for the good of His people, and cause the wrath of man to praise Him. In days of trouble, and rebuke, and blasphemy, believers may rest patiently in the Lord. The very things that at one … [Read More...] John 11:45-57

Lazarus, Come Out! A.W. Pink: He was the Man of sorrows and “acquainted with grief.” Yet, here too was more than an expression of human sympathy. Here were souls upon which rested the weight of the dark shadow of death, and they were souls which He loved, and He felt it. John 11:28-44 When she … [Read More...] John 11:28-44

I Am the Resurrection and the Life Leon Morris: Death cannot blot out life, not the life that Jesus gives.     John 11:17-27 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, and many of the Jews had come … [Read More...] John 11:17-27

It Is for the Glory of God Harry Ironside: Often He seems to wait so long and appears to be so indifferent. He is never indifferent. He is always interested.   John 11:1-16 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed … [Read More...] John 11:1-16