What did John say in his gospel concerning the two Resurrections?
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Jesus Christ is spoken of as “the first to be resurrected from the dead.” (Acts 26:23) This means that he was the first to be resurrected of those who would not have to die again. Also, he was the first to be raised as a spirit person. (1 Peter 3:18) But the Bible tells us that there would be others, saying: “Each one in his own rank: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who belong to the Christ during his presence.” (1 Corinthians 15:20-23) So in the resurrection some would be raised up before certain others.\n\n “Those who belong to the Christ” are the 144,000 faithful disciples chosen to rule with him in the Kingdom. Of their heavenly resurrection, the Bible says: “Happy and holy is anyone having part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no authority, but they will, rule as kings with him for the thousand years.”\n\nThe very expression “first resurrection” shows that another one will follow. This is the resurrection to life on the paradise earth of both righteous and unrighteous persons. This will occur after Armageddon. It will be a “better resurrection” than that of the boys resurrected by Elijah and Elisha and of others once resurrected on earth. Why? Because if those resurrected after Armageddon choose to serve God they will never need to die again.—Hebrews 11:35.\n\nEarthly Resurrection.\nWhile Jesus was hanging on a stake, one of the evildoers alongside him, observing that Jesus was not deserving of punishment, requested: “Jesus, remember me when you get into your kingdom.” Jesus replied: “Truly I tell you today, You will be with me in Paradise.  \n\nThis would require a resurrection for the evildoer. This man was not a faithful follower of Jesus Christ. He had been engaged in wrongdoing, lawbreaking meriting the death penalty. (Lu 23:40, 41) Therefore, he could not hope to be one of those receiving the first resurrection. Additionally, he died 40 days before Jesus ascended into heaven and hence before Pentecost, which was 10 days after that ascension, when God through Jesus anointed the first members of those who will receive the heavenly resurrection.\n\nThe evildoer, Jesus said, would be in Paradise. The word means “a park or pleasure ground.” The Septuagint rendered the Hebrew word for “garden” (gan), as at Genesis 2:8, by the Greek word pa·ra′dei·sos. The paradise in which the evildoer will be would not be “the paradise of God” promised to “him that conquers,” at Revelation 2:7, for the evildoer was not a conqueror of the world with Jesus Christ. (Joh 16:33) The evildoer would therefore not be in the heavenly Kingdom as a member of it (Lu 22:28-30) but would be a subject of the Kingdom when those of “the first resurrection” would, as kings of God and Christ, sit on thrones, ruling with Christ for a thousand years.—Re 20:4, 6.
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JOHN 5:19\n   Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.\n \nJOHN 5:30\n    I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.\n \nJOHN 8:28\n    Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.\n\nMATTHEW 16:17\n    And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.\n \nJOHN 14:26\n    But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.\n \nI JOHN 2:27\n    But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.\n\nI CORINTHIANS 2:9-13\n   9    But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. \n   10    But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.\n   11    For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. \n   12    Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. \n   13    Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.\n\nEPHESIANS 1:9\n    Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:\n \nEPHESIANS 3:3-5\n   3    How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, \n   4    Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ ) \n   5    Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit\n\nMATTHEW 13:11-13\n   11    He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.\n   12    For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.\n   13    Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.\n \nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibletruths_forbelievers/
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Q1:  In the big picture, it seems God wanted to contrast the attitudes of the criminals.  One had a hardened heart, as we all do in our natural state, and hurled insults at Jesus while scoffing Him.  The other feared God and acknowledged Him as King and Savior.\n\nIt also (obviously?) affirms Jesus was punished under the same sentence as criminals, and to His last moments was regarded as sinless.\n\nTheologically, God used it signally; namely, this story stands out describing how Faith Alone in Christ Alone saves.  This criminal who apparently did no good thing (beyond the fruit of his confession) was to be saved (into paradise) by faith in Christ. \n\nQ2: the (Luke 23:41) response of the criminal seems to indicate the punishment justly fit their crimes.
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http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%201&version=31
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Jesus was not following His plan He was following the Fathers plan... the end of the book of John says: that all of the miracles that Jesus performed would; if they were written down; the whole world could not contain them. \nLazarus was part of Gods plan... part of the ministry teachings that Jesus did on the earth, and God knew that it would still be relevant today. \n\n\nJohn the baptist was killed for preaching the word of God. Why would Jesus want to take away Johns Glorious place in heaven.
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WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT DEATH\n\nJesus Christ spoke about the condition of the dead. He did so with regard to Lazarus, a man whom he knew well and who had died. Jesus told his disciples: “Lazarus our friend has gone to rest.” The disciples thought that Jesus meant that Lazarus was resting in sleep, recovering from an illness. They were wrong. Jesus explained: “Lazarus has died.” (John 11:11-14) Notice that Jesus compared death to rest and sleep. Lazarus was neither in heaven nor in a burning hell. He was not meeting angels or ancestors. Lazarus was not being reborn as another human. He was at rest in death, as though in a deep sleep without dreams. Other scriptures also compare death to sleep. For example, when the disciple Stephen was stoned to death, the Bible says that he “fell asleep.” (Acts 7:60) Similarly, the apostle Paul wrote about some in his day who had “fallen asleep” in death.—1 Corinthians 15:6.\n\nLEARNING FROM THE RESURRECTION ACCOUNTS\n\nThe Bible teaches that the dead “are conscious of nothing at all.” They are not alive and have no conscious existence anywhere. The account of Lazarus confirms this. Upon returning to life, did Lazarus thrill people with descriptions of heaven? Or did he terrify them with horrible tales about a burning hell? No. The Bible contains no such words from Lazarus. During the four days that he was dead, he had been “conscious of nothing at all.” (Ecclesiastes 9:5) Lazarus had simply been sleeping in death.—John 11:11.\nKing James Bible\nJohn 11:11  These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.\n\nActs 7:60  And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.\n\nKing David said this:  Psalms 13:3  Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;\n\nDeuteronomy 31:16  And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers;\n2 Samuel 7:12  And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers,\n1 Kings 1:21  Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers,\nJeremiah 51:39  In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.\nActs 13:36  For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:\n1 Thessalonians 4:14  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
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Rev 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from GOD out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. \n\n\nJesus never built a city, and maybe never will. But he will bring a New city with him when he comes.
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Are you speaking of Jesus Christ? I don't remember anywhere in the New Testament where He made a statement that was similar to that one... where did you see that?
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Jesus and God, both being one and the same. If Jesus resurrected himself and God resurrected Jesus the equation must equal the fact the Jesus is God. \nI didn't even have to look up your verses but thanks for the hint anyway.\n\nWatch out you JW's this stuff will confuse you if you don't look the answer up in your little book and don't ask the elders opinion.\n\nYou are probably gonna get bashed for this one Schneb.\n\nMay 20,\nOh yeah, I almost forgot. In Romans you have the Holy Spirit raising Jesus. And there you have your Trinity. I guess I should have looked up the verses rather than doing it from memory.
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John 3:17 (New International Version)\nFor God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.\n\nMatthew 10:34 (New International Version)\n[Jesus speaking] Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
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The resurrection of Jesus Christ has such significance to God's plan of salvation for mankind that God made it a spectacular day, so to speak.  The veil, which was 60 feet tall, 30 feet wide, and three inches thick, was torn from TOP to bottom by God Himself because Christ's victory over sin and death gave all who believe direct access to the Father...no more veil between mankind and God!  \n\nAlso, the resurrection of saints (those who died having had faith in God and the Messiah) was almost a celebration, or display of God's power to make the dead alive again, and of the new life all can have because of what Jesus Christ did.  Matthew gives a very brief account of the matter and that's it.  \n\nWhat we CAN know is that these all lived in their fleshly bodies and died at the end of their life.  It would be interesting to hear all the details of how happy and surprised their families were, etc., etc..  However, Matthew did not detract from the MAIN event, which was the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the implications to all of mankind because of it.\n\nWe must be CAREFUL TO NOTE that these newly raised saints did not go to heaven.  This would conflict with scripture all over the place.  Scripture is clear that NO MAN has ascended to heaven but the Son:\n\n"No man has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, even the Son of Man which is in heaven.” John 3:13\n\nGod's plan of salvation is foreshadowed in His holy days.  The resurrections of mankind are likened to the harvests.  There will be two (not including Jesus Christ who is the first fruits of the resurrection).  The saints are raised to life in the first resurrection.  The rest of the dead will be resurrected AFTER the millenium.  But no one has been resurrected to heaven or anywhere else or the resurrections would be silly.  All "sleep" until their particular resurrection.\n\nThe two resurrections are found in Revelation 20:4-5:\n\n"And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.\n\nBut the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.  This is the first resurrection."\n\nThe first thing we notice is that those in the FIRST resurrection refused the mark of the beast, indicating that no one has been resurrected yet and won't be until after the great tribulation.  These are seen upon thrones because they are the saints (believers in Christ) that while they lived in this first age prior to Christ's return, believed on Him and had faith in God.  These will be raised to glorified bodies like Christ and be given immortality and incorruptibility at Christ's return, just as I Corinthians 15 describes:\n\n"Behold, I show you a mystery; We (saints) shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, \n\nIn a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be rasied incorruptible, and we shall be changed.\n\nFor this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality."\n\nThis resurrection occurs simultaneously with the catching away (rapture) of those alive when Christ appears.  (The pre-tribulation rapture theory is just that...an unscriptural theory that is not supported any where in scripture.) I Thessalonians 4:16-17:\n\n"For the Lord himelf shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archagnel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:\n\nThen we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."\n\nThe rest of the dead are raised to
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JOHN 3:3\n    Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.\n\nMATTHEW 18:3\n    And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.\n \nACTS 2:38\n    Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.\n\nMATTHEW 5:3\n    Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.\n \nMATTHEW 5:10\n    Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.\n\nMATTHEW 5:20\n    For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.\n \nMATTHEW 7:21\n    Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.\nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibletruths_forbelievers/\n\nrhanjo, Please read...\nJOHN 3:5-8\n   5    Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.\n   6    That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.\n   7    Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.\n   8    The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.\n\nJOHN 6:63\n   It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.\n\nROMANS 8:1,2\n   1    There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. \n   2    For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.\n \nROMANS 8:4-9\n   4    That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. \n   5    For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. \n   6    For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. \n   7    Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. \n   8    So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. \n   9    But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.\n \nROMANS 8:13,14\n   13    For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. \n   14    For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.\n \nGALATIANS 3:3\n    Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?\n \nGALATIANS 4:29\n   But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.\n \nGALATIANS 5:16-18\n   16    This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. \n   17    For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. \n   18    But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. \n  \nGALATIANS 6:8\n    For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.\n \nPHILIPPIANS 3:3\n    For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.\n \nI PETER 4:6\n    For for this cause was the gospe
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It is John, the author.  Since the gospel is written in the 3rd person, John cannot say "I".  Some scholars believe that John did not use his own name to remain humble.  \n\nJohn 20:2 is a good example of John calling himself "the diciple Jesus loved most"  See also, John 21:20.  \n\nThe commentary in my bible mentions that John is know as the apostle of love and that the was part of an "inner ciricle of three" witnessing the transfiguration, bring Jairus's daughter back to life and waiting in the Garden of Gethsemane, these events may have caused John to think he was loved best.  \n\nIf you are looking for a good bible to read, just for information I suggest The Message and Remix which is by Eugene Peterson, he translated the bible from its orginal Hebrew and Greek into the contempory language we use now.\n\nAlso, The Student Bible (New International Version), published by Zondervan Publishing House is good because it offers reading tips and comentary.  The references I cited in the answer were from this bible.\n\nI also enjoy "Where to Find it in the Bible"  It is "The Ultimate A to Z resource"  it is by Ken Anderson.
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Luke 12:10\n\n"And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven."
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Ask nicely and get a better answer!!!  Anyway I am still gonna answer because it is fairly easy.\nJoh 11:11  These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. \nJohn 11:12  Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. \nJohn 11:13  Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. \nJohn 11:14  Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. \n1Th 4:14  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. \nWhen a man is dead, God considers him to be only sleeping as God can make him alive again as if he were awaking from sleep.  The truth is that a soul never dies, so you are asleep to here, but alive to God.  \nJohn 11:25  Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: \nTHIS IS WHY CHRISTIANITY IS NOT ABOUT RELIGION, BUT ABOUT A MAN JESUS He is the resurrection and the life.  Its about Jesus.
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It implies it. Jesus was in need of baptism, and the Bible says Christ came to John the Baptist at age thirty. The Gospel of John then describes the three-year ministry of Christ, which ends with the resurrection. This seems to imply Jesus' being 33 years of age when He died.\n\n*Edit* \nOf course, He wouldn't be exactly 33, unless they crucified Him on His birthday.
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You're right, He did not ascend to Heaven until 40 days later, the same thing happen to Jesus, just the same as Lazarus\n\nWHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT DEATH\n\nJesus Christ spoke about the condition of the dead. He did so with regard to Lazarus, a man whom he knew well and who had died. Jesus told his disciples: “Lazarus our friend has gone to rest.” The disciples thought that Jesus meant that Lazarus was resting in sleep, recovering from an illness. They were wrong. Jesus explained: “Lazarus has died.” (John 11:11-14) Notice that Jesus compared death to rest and sleep. Lazarus was neither in heaven nor in a burning hell. He was not meeting angels or ancestors. Lazarus was not being reborn as another human. He was at rest in death, as though in a deep sleep without dreams. Other scriptures also compare death to sleep. For example, when the disciple Stephen was stoned to death, the Bible says that he “fell asleep.” (Acts 7:60) Similarly, the apostle Paul wrote about some in his day who had “fallen asleep” in death.—1 Corinthians 15:6.\n\nLEARNING FROM THE RESURRECTION ACCOUNTS\n\nThe Bible teaches that the dead “are conscious of nothing at all.” They are not alive and have no conscious existence anywhere. The account of Lazarus confirms this. Upon returning to life, did Lazarus thrill people with descriptions of heaven? Or did he terrify them with horrible tales about a burning hell? No. The Bible contains no such words from Lazarus. During the four days that he was dead, he had been “conscious of nothing at all.” (Ecclesiastes 9:5) Lazarus had simply been sleeping in death.—John 11:11.\nThe account of Lazarus also teaches us that the resurrection is a reality, not a mere myth. Jesus raised Lazarus in front of a crowd of eyewitnesses. Even the religious leaders, who hated Jesus, did not deny this miracle. \n\nThink about this too: If Lazarus had been in heaven for those four days, would he not have said something about it?— And if he had been in heaven, would Jesus have made him come back to earth from that wonderful place?— Of course not!\n\nYet, many people say that we have a soul, and they say that the soul lives on after the body dies. They say that Lazarus’ soul was alive somewhere. But the Bible does not say that. It says that God made the first man Adam “a living soul.” Adam was a soul. The Bible also says that when Adam sinned, he died. He became a “dead soul,” and he returned to the dust from which he had been made. The Bible also says that all Adam’s offspring inherited sin and death too.\n\nThe Scriptural teaching of the resurrection, however, is not compatible with the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. If an immortal soul survived death, no one would need to be resurrected, or brought back to life. Indeed, Martha expressed no thought about an immortal soul that was living on elsewhere after death. She did not believe that Lazarus had already gone to some spirit realm to continue his existence. On the contrary, she showed her faith in God’s purpose to reverse the effects of death. She said: “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.” (John 11:23, 24) Likewise, Lazarus himself related no experiences of some afterlife. There was nothing to report.\n\nClearly, according to the Bible, the soul dies and the remedy for death is the resurrection.