Jesus Raises Lazarus

Jesus, still moved, comes to the tomb, a cave sealed with a stone.

J³⁸esus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.

Jesus orders the stone taken away.

³⁹“Take away the stone,” Jesus said.

Jesus reminds them that belief will lead them to see God’s glory.

⁴⁰Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”

They remove the stone, and Jesus thanks the Father for hearing him.

⁴¹So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

Jesus says he has always been heard, but speaks for the crowd’s sake so they may believe that the Father sent him.

⁴²I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”

Jesus calls out in a loud voice for Lazarus to come out.

⁴³After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

The man who had been dead comes out bound in linen strips and with his face wrapped.

⁴⁴The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth.