John 4, JS heals the official’s son & it says, “This was his 2nd sign.” In John 2 there’s the story of Jesus turning water into wine, and then it says, “This was his first sign.”
There’s a context that can really help us out. PT: So, for us today, the question is: what does it mean for us to say the raising of Lazarus from the dead by Jesus is a sign? We have to remember that this sign is imbedded in a story. Then it’s really hard to know what the word ‘sign’ actually means.Īnd you could easily assign the wrong meaning to what seems like a very simple word. If you want to know what ‘sign’ means, you look at how it’s imbedded in a larger story & then you can pick one of the 30 options.īut if it’s not imbedded in a story… if there’s no context… You look at what else is going on in the sentence or paragraph. So, how do you tell which definition you should use? Context. It’s an entire language for the hearing impaired (sign language).Ī random event that takes on meaning beyond itself. It can mean to engage a player … as in, to sign a new catcher. It can mean to affix your signature… sign something. On there are 30 different definitions for the word sign:Ī motion or gesture … like the signs in baseball.Ī trace or vestige … (as in: there was no sign of them). So, I spent some time contemplating this word ‘sign’ this week.īecause our story for today is called a sign by the writer of John.
Now how many of you would say you know what this word means? When you don’t, you WILL misinterpret things. It’s a great film in its own right, but it’s a fascinating discussion of language.Īnd if you want to understand the meaning of a specific word you have a common point of view, a shared context.
#Jesus healing lazarus movie#
John 11:1-45 – Jesus Raises Lazarus from the deadĪnybody seen the movie Arrival, w/Amy Adams & Hawkeye from Avengers?
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