Martha answered yes. Then Mary came out of the house and fell at His feet, weeping. Jesus asked to see the tomb and wept, too, joining in their suffering. Then Jesus did something miraculous, not for Himself, but for the benefit of others so that they might believe in God. He raised a man from the dead. Lazarus emerged from the tomb, still wrapped with strips of linen. Jesus then turned to the surrounding gawkers (which surely we all are), saying, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go” (v. 44). I imagine the onlookers agape at agape.
