44. The dead man came out. Strips of cloth were wound around his feet and hands, and his face was wrapped with a handkerchief. Jesus told them, “Free Lazarus, and let him go.”
45. Many Jews who had visited Mary and had seen what Jesus had done believed in him.
46. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47. So the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council. They asked, “What are we doing? This man is performing a lot of miracles.
48. If we let him continue what he’s doing, everyone will believe in him. Then the Romans will take away our position and our nation.”