So they took away the stone. Jesus raised his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you for hearing me.
In context
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. 42I knew that you always hear me; but I said it for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.” 43And with that, he called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
