fore his sisters sent to entreat him to come to him; but JESUS went not till he knew that Lazarus was dead, because he was to glorify GOD by raising him to life. And Martha went out to meet JESUS, and when she saw him, she said, LORD, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. JESUS said unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha called her sister Mary, who, when she saw JESUS, fell at his feet and said, LORD, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. When JESUS saw Mary and her friends weeping, he groaned in his spirit, and said, Where have ye laid him? swered, LORD, come and see. They an JESUS wept. Then said the Jews, Behold, how he loved him! When they came to the grave, they removed the stone from the mouth of it. And JESUS cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth! And he that was dead instantly came to life, and came in his grave clothes. And JESUS said unto them, Loose him, and let him go. And many of the Jews who came to Mary, and had seen the things that JESUS did, believed on him but some went their way to the Pharisees, and told them what things JESUS had done. And when the chief Priests and Rulers heard of it, they took council together from that day forth to put him to death; and gave command, that if any one knew where he was, they should inform them, that he might be taken. shortly be delivered into the hands of the Chief Priests and Scribes, who would condemn him to death, and that they would deliver him to the Gentiles; that he should be scourged and spit upon, and at last killed; but that he should rise to life again the third day. After this, he instructed them in many things concerning the kingdom of Heaven. Amongst the things that were foretold by the Prophets, it was said, that the MESSIAH would enter Jerusalem as King of Israel, riding upon the foal of an ass. JESUS therefore told his disciples to go to a certain place, where they would find an ass's foal tied, which they were to loose and |