Jesus Raises Lazarus

(Acts 9:36–43)

Jesus, once again deeply moved came to the tomb. It was a cave [with] a stone laid across [the entrance]. 39 “Take away the stone,” Jesus said.

“Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead [man]. It has already been four days.”

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

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So they took away the stone from where the dead [man] was lying.[fn] Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said,“Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42 I knew that vvv You always hear Me, but I say [this] for the benefit of the people standing [here], so they may believe that You sent Me.”

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

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

“Unwrap him and let [him] go,” Jesus told them

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