I have come to believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world.' When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, 'The teacher is here and is asking for you.' As soon as she heard this, she rose quickly and went to him. Do you believe this?' She said to him, 'Yes, Lord. (But) even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.' Jesus said to her, 'Your brother will rise.' Martha said to him, 'I know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last day.' Jesus told her, 'I am the resurrection and the life whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Martha said to Jesus, 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him but Mary sat at home. And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles away. Let us go to him.' So Thomas, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, 'Let us also go to die with him.' When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. And I am glad for you that I was not there, that you may believe. So then Jesus said to them clearly, 'Lazarus has died. He said this, and then told them, 'Our friend Lazarus is asleep, but I am going to awaken him.' So the disciples said to him, 'Master, if he is asleep, he will be saved.' But Jesus was talking about his death, while they thought that he meant ordinary sleep. But if one walks at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.' Then after this he said to his disciples, 'Let us go back to Judea.' The disciples said to him, 'Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and you want to go back there?' Jesus answered, 'Are there not twelve hours in a day? If one walks during the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. So when he heard that he was ill, he remained for two days in the place where he was. Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So the sisters sent word to him, saying, 'Master, the one you love is ill.' When Jesus heard this he said, 'This illness is not to end in death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.' Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair it was her brother Lazarus who was ill. Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. “I am the Resurrection and the life” (John 11,1-45) A.

Lazarus resurrection commentary