¹¹ Then he said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but now I will go and wake him up.”

² Many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting disgrace.

¹³ They thought Jesus meant Lazarus was simply sleeping, but Jesus meant Lazarus had died.

¹⁰ Christ died for us so that, whether we are dead or alive when he returns, we can live with him forever.

⁵¹ But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed!

⁶⁰ He fell to his knees, shouting, “Lord, don’t charge them with this sin!” And with that, he died.

⁵² and tombs opened. The bodies of many godly men and women who had died were raised from the dead.

¹⁴ For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died.

¹⁵ We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died.^[a]

¹⁴ for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said,

⁴³ Then Jesus shouted, “Lazarus, come out!” ⁴⁴ And the dead man came out, his hands and feet bound in graveclothes, his face wrapped in a headcloth. Jesus told them, “Unwrap him and let him go!”