CHAPTER 148.
Lazarus dies and Jesus and the twelve return to Bethany. The resurrection of Lazarus, which greatly excites the rulers in Jerusalem. The Christines go to the hills of Ephriam, and there abide.
One day as Jesus and the twelve were in the silence in a home in Araba a messenger came and said,
2 Lord, Jesus, hear! your friend in Bethany is sick, nigh unto death; his sisters urge that you arise and come in haste.
3 Then turning to the twelve the master said, Lo, Lazarus has gone to sleep, and I must go and waken him.
4 And his disciples said, What need to go if he has gone to sleep; he will awaken by and by?
5 Then Jesus said, It is the sleep of death; for Lazarus is dead.
6 But Jesus did not haste to go; he stayed two days in Araba; and then he said, The hour has come and we must go to Bethany.
7 But his disciples urged him not to go; they said, The Jews are waiting your return that they may take your life.
8 And Jesus said, Men cannot take my life till I have handed unto them my life.