John 11:37-39

Expanded Bible

³⁷ But some of them said, “·If Jesus [^LCould not the one who…] opened the eyes of the blind man, why couldn’t he keep ·Lazarus [^Lthis man] from dying?”

Jesus Raises Lazarus

³⁸ Again feeling ·very upset [deeply disturbed/moved], Jesus came to the tomb. It was a cave with a large stone ·covering the entrance [^Llying on/against it; ^CJews typically buried their dead in caves with stones covering the entrance]. ³⁹ Jesus said, “Move the stone away.”

Martha, the sister of the dead man, said, “But, Lord, it has been ·four days since he died [see 11:17]. There will be a ·bad smell [stench].”