37. But some of them said, “If Jesus healed the eyes of the blind man, why didn’t he keep Lazarus from dying?”
38. Again Jesus felt very sad in his heart. He came to the tomb. The tomb was a cave with a large stone covering the entrance.
39. Jesus said, “Move the stone away.”Martha said, “But, Lord, it has been four days since he died. There will be a bad smell.” Martha was the sister of the dead man.
40. Then Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
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 cried out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
44. The dead man came out. His hands and feet were wrapped with pieces of cloth, and he had a cloth around his face.Jesus said to them, “Take the cloth off of him and let him go.”
45. There were many Jews who had come to visit Mary. They saw what Jesus did. And many of them believed in him.
46. But some of them went to the Pharisees. They told the Pharisees what Jesus had done.
47. Then the leading priests and Pharisees called a meeting of the Jewish council. They asked, “What should we do? This man is doing many miracles.