Now a man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
After this, Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.
And He left them and went out of the city into Bethany, and He lodged there.
When they drew near Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples
After He said this, He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going that I may awaken him from sleep.”
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, less than two miles away.
Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, he whom You love is sick.”
Now the crowd that was with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness.
When many of the Jews learned that He was there, they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
In those days she became ill and died. And when they had washed her, they placed her in an upper room.