Raising of Lazarus

When Lazarus of Bethany fell ill, his sisters Martha and Mary sent word to Jesus, who delayed two days before coming. By the time Jesus arrived, Lazarus had been dead four days.

Martha met Jesus and confessed: “I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world” (John 11:27). At the tomb, Jesus wept, then commanded: “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man emerged, still wrapped in burial cloths. This miracle, Jesus’s greatest, precipitated the plot to kill him—the religious authorities feared the crowds drawn by such a sign (John 11:45-53).