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Now a man was ill #– #Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
Meanwhile, the crowd, which had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify.
Then a large crowd of the Jews learned he was there. They came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, the one he had raised from the dead.
He said this, and then he told them, ‘Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I’m on my way to wake him up.’
Then he left them, went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.
About that time she became ill and died. After washing her, they placed her in a room upstairs.
So the sisters sent a message to him: ‘Lord, the one you love is ill.’
When they approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples
Some time after this, Joseph was told, ‘Your father is weaker.’ So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Bethany was near Jerusalem (less than three kilometres away).
Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.