Verse 6
When therefore he heard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in the place where he was.
Westcott is doubtless correct in maintaining that:
The supposition that the interval was left in order that the Lord might raise the dead instead of heal the sick, and so show greater power and win greater glory, is alien equally from the spirit and from the letter of the narrative.[7]
The journey from Bethany to where Jesus was would have required at least a day; and thus Lazarus died when the message came. Jesus knew already of Lazarus' death and did not wait for it, using the next two days to finish the work at hand.
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