“Take away the stone,” Jesus said. Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to him, “Lord, by now there will be a smell — it is the fourth day.”
In context
37But some of them said, “He opened the eyes of the blind man. Could he not have kept this man from dying?” 38Then Jesus, once more deeply moved within, came to the tomb. It was a cave, with a stone lying against it. 39“Take away the stone,” Jesus said. Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to him, “Lord, by now there will be a smell — it is the fourth day.” 40Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” 41So they took away the stone. Jesus raised his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you for hearing me.
