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The Book of Jesus Chapter Fourteen: The life of Jesus from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John in easy-to-read, chronological format.
Some of them said:
JEWS.
Couldn't have this man, who opened the eyes of the blind, have prevented this man from dying?
NARRATOR.
Jesus groaning in himself again came to the grave. It was a cave and a stone lay over it.
JESUS.
Take away the stone.
NARRATOR.
Martha, the sister of the dead man said to Jesus:
MARTHA.
Lord, by now he will smell, for he has been dead for four days.
JESUS.
Didn't I tell you that if you would believe, you would see the Glory of God?
NARRATOR.
They then took the stone away from the entrance to the cave where the dead man was laid. Jesus lifted his eyes up and said:
JESUS.
Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I know that you always hear me, but on account of the people who are standing here I said
it, so that they might believe that you have sent me.
NARRATOR.
When he had said this, he cried out with a loud voice:
JESUS.
Lazarus, come out!
NARRATOR.
The man who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with the grave cloths and his face covered with a napkin. Jesus said to them:
JESUS.
Unwrap him and let him go.
John 11:1-44
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NARRATOR.
At seeing these things, many of the Jews who had come to Mary, believed on him. However, some of them went to the Pharisees and
told them about the things Jesus had done. The Chief Priests and the Pharisees gathered together and convened a council.
PRIESTS.
What are we going to do, this man has performed many miracles? If we leave him alone, everyone will believe in him. The Romans
will then come and take away both our positions and our nation.
NARRATOR.
One of them, whose name was Caiaphas, being the High Priest for that year said to them:
CAIAPHAS.
You don't know anything at all! Haven't you considered that it is better for our people that one man should die in order that the whole
nation not be destroyed.
NARRATOR.
He spoke this not of himself, but because he was the High Priest that year. He in fact prophesied that Jesus was going to die for that
nation. Not for that nation only, but that he was going to gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. From
that day onward, they plotted together for a means to put Jesus to death. Because of this, Jesus did not openly walk among the Jews,
but went from there to Ephraim, a village near the desert and stayed there with his disciples. The Jewish Passover was drawing near
and many of the people from the surrounding area went up to Jerusalem to purify themselves. Looking out for Jesus they said to one
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