Jesus and his followers were coming closer to Jerusalem. They came to the towns of Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives. {\cf2\super [138]} There Jesus sent two of his followers to do something.
There were many people with Jesus when he raised Lazarus from death and told him to come out of the tomb. {\cf2\super [196]} Now those people were telling other people about what Jesus did.
Many of the Jews heard that Jesus was in Bethany. So they went there to see Jesus. They also went there to see Lazarus. Lazarus was the one Jesus raised from death.