Neville Goddard on John 11:6-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 11 in context

Scripture Focus

6When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.

7Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

8His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?

9Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

10But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

11These 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.

John 11:6-11

Biblical Context

Jesus delays his journey, then says their friend Lazarus is asleep and that he will wake him. The sleep is a metaphor for a state of consciousness awaiting awakening by the light within.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the John 11 passage, Lazarus is not a man lying in a tomb but a state of awareness confined by belief. When Jesus remarks of twelve hours in the day, he is teaching that there is a guaranteed window of light in every mind—a season when you can move, see, and act without stumbling. The delay is not punishment; it is the mind’s pause while new light is gathered. To go to Judaea again is to enter the deepest chamber of your consciousness where fear and past appearances hold sway. Yet the I AM within you, the true you, sees through darkness and speaks a word of awakening: Our friend sleepeth, but I go that I may awake him. You awaken him by enforcing the end you desire—in this case, life, wholeness, and freedom—and by feeling that end as already realized. The light you seek is not outside but the light of awareness you already are. When you answer I am awake now, you walk in the day, not the night, and the Lazarus within rises into new life.