John 11:1, 5, 19, 30, 39

A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha.

So although Jesus loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus

and many of the people had come to console Martha and Mary in their loss.

Jesus had stayed outside the village, at the place where Martha met him.

“Roll the stone aside,” Jesus told them. But Martha, the dead man’s sister, protested, “Lord, he has been dead for four days. The smell will be terrible.”