John 11:38-44

Expanded Bible

Jesus Raises Lazarus

³⁸ Again feeling ·very upset [deeply disturbed/moved], Jesus came to the tomb. It was a cave with a large stone ·covering the entrance [^Llying on/against it; ^CJews typically buried their dead in caves with stones covering the entrance]. ³⁹ Jesus said, “Move the stone away.”

Martha, the sister of the dead man, said, “But, Lord, it has been ·four days since he died [see 11:17]. There will be a ·bad smell [stench].”

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 [^Lraised his eyes] and said, “Father, I thank you that you heard me. ⁴² I know that you always hear me, but I said these things ·because [for the benefit] of the people here around me. ·I want them to [^Lso that they might] believe that you sent me.” ⁴³ After Jesus said this, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come ·out [^Tforth]!” ⁴⁴ The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with ·pieces of cloth [strips of linen; graveclothes; ^Cthe dead were wrapped in strips of cloth], and a cloth around his face.

Jesus said to them, “Take the cloth off of him and let him go.”