Lazarus is raised from the dead
Jesus' friend Lazarus of Bethany had been dead four days when Jesus arrived. After weeping with his sisters Martha and Mary, Jesus called him out of the tomb. The council then resolved to put Jesus to death.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.”
John 11:25 (World English Bible)
Jesus told Martha, “I am the resurrection and the life.” At the tomb “Jesus wept” (John 11:35), then called with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” and the dead man came out still wrapped in grave clothes.
Many believed, but the chief priests and Pharisees feared Rome would take away their place and nation. The high priest Caiaphas said it was better for one man to die for the people than for the whole nation to perish, unknowingly prophesying the meaning of Jesus' death (John 11:49–52). Jesus withdrew to a town called Ephraim near the wilderness.
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Dating notes
Ussher: early AD 33, between the Feast of Dedication and the final Passover. Bethany was about two miles from Jerusalem (John 11:18). The month shown is estimated from the order of events in Ussher's harmony, so that events of the same year appear in sequence.