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 not understand  what  He  meant,  He  told  them  plainly:  “Lazarus is dead. And I am  glad  for  your  sakes  that  I was  not  there, that you  may  believe;  but  let  us  go  to  him.”

When Jesus  arrived  in  Bethania  Lazarus  had  been  four  days buried. Now many  friends  and  relatives  had  come  to  console  the two sisters,  who  were  in  great  affliction. As soon  as  Martha  heard that Jesus  was  coming,  she  left  her  friends  and  went  forth  to meet  Him. When she  saw  Him  she  exclaimed:  “Lord,  if  Thou hadst been  here,  my  brother  had  not  died. But now  also I know that  whatsoever  Thou  wilt  ask  of  God,  God  will  give it to  Thee.”

Jesus said  to  her:  “Thy  brother  shall  rise  again.”  Martha replied: “I  know  that  he  shall  rise  again  in  the  resurrection  at the  last  day.”  Jesus  answered:  “I  am  the  resurrection  and  the life. He that  believeth  in  Me,  although  he  be  dead,  shall  live. Believest thou  this?”  She  said  to  Him:  “Yea,  Lord,  I have  believed that  Thou  art  Christ,  the  Son  of  the  living  God ,  who  art come into  this  world.”