ACC ~ John 11 v4

GOD IS NOT THE CAUSE OF LAZARUS’S ILLNESS

CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA Jesus saw that in the end, Lazarus’s illness and death would be for the glory of God. This is not to say that the sickness came on Lazarus so that God should be glorified, for it would be silly to say this, but rather, since the sickness had come upon Lazarus, Jesus foresaw the wonderful conclusion to Lazarus’s illness. COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 7. [1]

[1] LF 48:111**.

THE GLORY OF FATHER AND SON IS ONE

CHRYSOSTOM Observe how he again asserts that his glory and the Father’s is one. For, after saying “of God,” he has added, “that the Son of God might be glorified.” HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 62.1. [1]

[1] NPNF 1 14:227*.

JESUS’ GLORY IS THE CONSEQUENCE OF LAZARUS’S DEATH

CHRYSOSTOM The word “that” [which is in the phrase “that the Son of God may be glorified,”] here signifies not the cause but the consequence. The sickness sprang from other [natural] causes, but he turned it to the glory of God. HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 62.1. [1]

[1] NPNF 1 14:227**.