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Study Section 12: Jesus Raises Lazarus

12.1 Connect

The temple in Jerusalem was built by Herod the Great as a monument to his greatness. It was one of
the most amazing structures in the world. The long wall of the temple mount was 1590 feet long (
about 4.5 football fields) and it occupied approximately 34 acres. Approximately 5000 people can fit
in an acre assuming one square yard per person, which means the mount could hold the entire
population of Jerusalem at the time. On the east side was a copy of Solomon’s temple called the
Colonnade. More than 40 feet high, it had a roof which rested on the outside wall on one end and
two rows of columns on the other. The southern colonnade was much larger and more than three stories tall; it
was the royal stoa. The Sanhedrin met on the eastern end of the stoa.

Jesus and early Christians used Solomon’s colonnade as a meeting and teaching place. It was here that Jesus
begins his teaching in John 10. Let’s see what He has to tell the people….

12.2 Objectives

1. The student should be able to establish the doctrine of eternal security alone from the teachings of
Jesus in John 10.

2. The student should be able to explain why the Jews keep picking up stones to kill Jesus.

3. The student should be able to explain the four qualities of a good sheep.

12.3 Jesus is at the Temple - John 10: 23- 42

Jesus was walking in the
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temple complex in Solomon’s
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Colonnade. Then the Jews
surrounded Him and asked,
“How long are You going to
keep us in suspense? If You are the
Messiah, tell us plainly.” “I did tell you
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and you don’t believe,” Jesus answered
them. “The works that I do in My Father’s
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name testify about Me. But you don’t
believe because you are not My sheep.
27 My sheep hear My voice, I know them,
and they follow Me. I give them eternal
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life, and they will never perish—ever! No
one will snatch them out of My hand. Solomon’s Colonnade from a model of the Temple Mount in
29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is Jerusalem.
greater than all. No one is able to snatch
them out of the Father’s hand. The
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Father and I are one.”

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