"On hearing the message, Mary rose hastily, and with an eager look on her face left the room. Thinking that she had gone to the grave to weep, the mourners followed her. When she reached the place where Jesus was waiting, she knelt at His feet, and said with quivering lips, “Lord, if Thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.” The cries of the mourners were painful to her; for she longed for a few quiet words alone with Jesus. But she knew of the envy and jealousy cherished in the hearts of some present against Christ, and she was restrained from fully expressing her grief. DA 533.1"
"Then 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."
The EGW passage directly references and expands upon the events and dialogue in John 11:32. The connection is clear and direct.
"“When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, He groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.” He read the hearts of all assembled. He saw that with many, what passed as a demonstration of grief was only pretense. He knew that some in the company, now manifesting hypocritical sorrow, would erelong be planning the death, not only of the mighty miracle worker, but of the one to be raised from the dead. Christ could have stripped from them their robe of pretended sorrow. But He restrained His righteous indignation. The words He could in all truth have spoken, He did not speak, because of the loved one kneeling at His feet in sorrow, who truly believed in Him. DA 533.2"
"When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,"
The EGW passage directly quotes and elaborates on the scene described in John 11:33.
"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness."
The EGW passage describes Jesus perceiving the hypocrisy of some mourners, which thematically aligns with Matthew 23:27 where Jesus condemns the hypocrisy of the Pharisees. It's not a direct allusion, but a parallel in the exposure of hypocrisy.
"“Where have ye laid him?” He asked, “They said unto Him, Lord, come and see.” Together they proceeded to the grave. It was a mournful scene. Lazarus had been much beloved, and his sisters wept for him with breaking hearts, while those who had been his friends mingled their tears with those of the bereaved sisters. In view of this human distress, and of the fact that the afflicted friends could mourn over the dead while the Saviour of the world stood by,—“Jesus wept.” Though He was the Son of God, yet He had taken human nature upon Him, and He was moved by human sorrow. His tender, pitying heart is ever awakened to sympathy by suffering. He weeps with those that weep, and rejoices with those that rejoice. DA 533.3"
"And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see."
EGW directly quotes John 11:34.
"When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,"
Both passages describe Jesus' emotional response to the weeping of others at Lazarus' tomb. While EGW doesn't directly quote John 11:33, the context and theme of shared sorrow are clear.
"But it was not only because of His human sympathy with Mary and Martha that Jesus wept. In His tears there was a sorrow as high above human sorrow as the heavens are higher than the earth. Christ did not weep for Lazarus; for He was about to call him from the grave. He wept because many of those now mourning for Lazarus would soon plan the death of Him who was the resurrection and the life. But how unable were the unbelieving Jews rightly to interpret His tears! Some, who could see nothing more than the outward circumstances of the scene before Him as a cause for His grief, said softly, “Behold how He loved him!” Others, seeking to drop the seed of unbelief into the hearts of those present, said derisively, “Could not this Man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?” If it were in Christ's power to save Lazarus, why then did He suffer him to die? DA 533.4"
"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."
EGW uses the concept of the heavens being higher than the earth to illustrate the difference between Christ's sorrow and human sorrow, echoing the sentiment in Isaiah 55:9 about the difference between God's ways and human ways.
"When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby."
The EGW passage directly references the events surrounding Lazarus's resurrection and the reactions of the people, including the statement about Jesus's love for Lazarus. While John 11:4 is not directly quoted, it sets the stage for the events that follow, and the EGW passage provides commentary on the broader context and implications of those events. The connection is more than just thematic; it's a direct commentary on the narrative in John 11.