34. He asked, “Where did you put him?” They said, “Lord, come and see.”
35. Jesus cried.
36. And the Jews said, “Look! He loved Lazarus very much!”
37. But some of them said, “Jesus healed the eyes of the blind man. Why didn’t he help Lazarus and stop him from dying?”
38. Again feeling very upset, Jesus came to the tomb. It was a cave with a large stone covering the entrance.
39. He said, “Move the stone away.” Martha said, “But, Lord, it has been four days since Lazarus died. There will be a bad smell.” Martha was the sister of the dead man.
40. Then Jesus said to her, “Remember what I told you? I said that if you believed, you would see God’s divine greatness.”
41. So they moved the stone away from the entrance. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you heard me.
42. I know that you always hear me. But I said these things because of the people here around me. I want them to believe that you sent me.”
43. After Jesus said this he called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
44. The dead man came out. His hands and feet were wrapped with pieces of cloth. He had a handkerchief covering his face. Jesus said to the people, “Take off the cloth and let him go.”
45. There were many Jews who came to visit Mary. When they saw what Jesus did, many of them believed in him.
46. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus did.