37. But some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have also kept this man from dying?”
38. Then Jesus, again groaning within Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.
39. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”
40. Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
41. So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
42. I know that You always hear Me. But because of the people standing around, I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.”
43. When He had said this, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
44. He who was dead came out, his hands and feet wrapped with grave clothes, and his face wrapped 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 Jesus had done, believed in Him.
46. But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled the Sanhedrin and said, “What shall we do? This Man is performing many signs.
48. If we leave Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation.”
49. Then one of them named Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,