39. Jesus said, "Remove the stone." Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to Him, "Lord, by this time there will be a stench, for he has been dead four days."
40. Jesus said to her, "Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?"
41. So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes, and said, "Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
42. I knew that You always hear Me; but because of the people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that You sent Me."
43. When He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth."
44. The man who had died came forth, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."
45. Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what He had done, believed in Him.
46. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.
47. Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council, and were saying, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many signs.
48. If we let Him go on like this, all men will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."
49. But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all,
50. nor do you take into account that it is expedient for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish."