^{37 Ref} Some of them said, "Couldn't this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?"

^{38 Ref} Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

^{39 Ref} 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 Ref} Jesus said to her, "Didn't I tell you that if you believed, you would see God's glory?"

^{41 Ref} 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 listened to me.

^{42 Ref} I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude that stands around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me."

^{43 Ref} When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"

^{44 Ref} He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Free him, and let him go."

^{45 Ref} Therefore many of the Jews, who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did, believed in him.

^{46 Ref} But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them the things which Jesus had done.

^{47 Ref} The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, "What are we doing? For this man does many signs.

^{48 Ref} If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."

^{49 Ref} But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all,

^{50 Ref} nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish."