Neville Goddard on John 11:28-37 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 11 in context

Scripture Focus

28And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.

29As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.

30Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.

31The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.

32Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

33When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,

34And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.

35Jesus wept.

36Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!

37And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?

John 11:28-37

Biblical Context

Mary hurries to Jesus as the scene unfolds with Martha and the mourners; Jesus weeps with them, revealing that God’s presence is near in shared sorrow and love, not distant. The passage moves from grief to the recognition that faith and inner awareness hold the life beyond death.

Neville's Inner Vision

Mary’s tears mirror a mind clinging to the old sense of separation. When she says, 'If thou hadst been here, my brother had not died,' she voices a habitual belief in absence. Yet the Master is come—your awareness incarnate as the I AM, the living presence that calls forth what you demand. Jesus’ question, 'Where have ye laid him?' invites you to name the buried belief and bring it into the light of consciousness. The tearful moment you call sorrow becomes the signal you are ready to revise. Compassion is not pity from without; it is the inner movement of consciousness toward life beneath the appearance of death. The crowd’s remark, 'Behold how he loved him,' becomes your sign that inner love is the actual power at work, transforming perception. Within you, the inner Jesus speaks: rise, come forth, and believe that what you once deemed dead is dissolved by awareness. Trust that the Master is present now, reviving your Lazarus with the breath of life.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe, and affirm, 'The Master is come; I am the Master now.' Visualize a lingering situation revived by the touch of inner awareness, and feel it as real as the breath in your lungs.