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After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
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For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it.
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Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.
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So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,
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Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead
Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
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“Take away the stone,” he said. “But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”
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The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”
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Jesus Anointed at Bethany
Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
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Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there and came, not only because of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
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Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word.
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But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.
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(They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)
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This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead.
