Now there was a man ill, Lazarus of Bethany ??the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

(The Mary whose brother Lazarus was ill was the Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair.)

[Relocated to follow vs 2] Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus;

This he said, then added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; I am going to waken him."

he then told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead;

Now when Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been buried for four days.

So saying, he exclaimed with a loud cry, "Lazarus, come out!"

Six days before the festival, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus stayed (whom Jesus had raised from the dead).

They gave a supper for him there; Martha waited on him, and Lazarus was among those who reclined at table beside him.

Now the great mass of the Jews learned he was there, and they came not only on account of Jesus but to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.

So the high priests planned to kill Lazarus as well,

Now the people who were with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead, testified to it;