The death of his friend Lazarus caused Jesus anguish and distress. Jesus took all the right steps to involve the onlookers in the miracle he was about to perform so they would indeed know that He is the resurrection. Jesus had them lead him to the grave, they rolled the stone away from the tomb, they smelled the stench, they saw the corpse lying dead and rotting, they heard his prayer to the Father and his loud voice calling Lazarus out of the grave, and they unwound the resurrected body. All this upon Jesus’ command: and many believed, gospel in the nt, gospel of john background, gospel of john blind man, gospel of john date of writing, gospel of john do you love me,