and went unto Him. (Now Jesus was not yet
come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha met
Him.) The Jews then which were with her in the house, and were
comforting her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and
went out, followed her, supposing that she was going unto the tomb
to weep there. Mary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, and
saw Him, fell down at His feet, saying unto Him, Lord, if Thou hadst
been here, my brother had not died. When Jesus therefore saw her
weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, He groaned
in the spirit, and was troubled, and said, Where have ye laid him?
They say unto Him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept. The Jews
therefore said, Behold how He loved him! But some of them said,
Could not this man, which opened the eyes of him that was blind,
have caused that this man also should not die? Jesus therefore again
groaning in Himself cometh to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a
stone lay against it. Jesus saith, Take ye away the stone. Martha,
the sister of him that was dead, saith unto Him, Lord, by this time
he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. Jesus saith unto her,
Said I not unto thee, that, if thou believedst, thou shouldest see
the glory of God? So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up
His eyes, and said, Father, I thank Thee that Thou heardest Me. And
I know that Thou hearest Me always: but because of the multitude
which standeth around I said it, that they may believe that Thou
didst send Me. And when He had thus spoken, He cried with a loud
voice, Lazarus, come forth. He that was dead came forth, bound hand
and foot with grave-clothes; and his face was bound about with a
napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go."--JOHN xi.
1-44.

In this eleventh chapter it is related how the death of Jesus was
finally determined upon, on the occasion of His raising Lazarus. The ten
chapters which precede have served to indicate how Jesus revealed
Himself to the Jews in every aspect that was likely to win faith, and
how each fresh revelation only served to embitter them against Him, and
harden their unbelief into hopeless hostility. In these few pages John
has given us a wonderfully compressed but vivid summary of the miracles
and conversations of Jesus, which served to reveal His true character
and work. Jesus has ma