Brothers and sisters are not unimportant to us today. But that wasn’t the case at the time of Jesus, at the time of the early church, at the time the New Testament was being written. At that time, in that place, the relationship between husband and wife was important, sure. But it was the relationship between brothers and sisters that was the fundamental, the foundational, the formative relationship that lay at the heart of the family.
Naghmeh Abedini Panahi says the Western church is asleep and in the persecuted home-church movement in Iran, all believers call each other brother and sister — there are no titles like pastor.
What I see here is a train wreck; a failure to consider whether Lazarus had a spouse.
Could John perhaps be emphasising the role of the women as a means of priming the reader in readiness of the role of the fairer sex at the death and resurrection of Jesus?
Naghmeh Abedini Panahi says the Western church is asleep and in the persecuted home-church movement in Iran, all believers call each other brother and sister — there are no titles like pastor.
https://julieroys.com/podcast/surviving-persecution-from-the-church-for-exposing-abuse/
Once again, so thankful for your work.
What I see here is a train wreck; a failure to consider whether Lazarus had a spouse.
Could John perhaps be emphasising the role of the women as a means of priming the reader in readiness of the role of the fairer sex at the death and resurrection of Jesus?