168:5.1 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus Lazarus] remained at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] [[home]], being the [[center]] of great interest to many [[sincere]] [[believers]] and to numerous [[curious]] [[individuals]], until the day of the [[crucifixion]] of [[Jesus]], when he [[received]] [[warning]] that the [[Sanhedrin]] had [[decreed]] his [[death]]. The rulers of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] were [[determined]] to put a stop to the further spread of the [[teachings]] of [[Jesus]], and they well [[judged]] that it would be useless to put [[Jesus]] to [[death]] if they permitted [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus Lazarus], who [[represented]] the very peak of his [[wonder]]-working, to live and bear [[testimony]] to the [[fact]] that Jesus had raised him from the [[dead]]. Already had [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus Lazarus] [[suffered]] bitter [[persecution]] from them. | 168:5.1 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus Lazarus] remained at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] [[home]], being the [[center]] of great interest to many [[sincere]] [[believers]] and to numerous [[curious]] [[individuals]], until the day of the [[crucifixion]] of [[Jesus]], when he [[received]] [[warning]] that the [[Sanhedrin]] had [[decreed]] his [[death]]. The rulers of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] were [[determined]] to put a stop to the further spread of the [[teachings]] of [[Jesus]], and they well [[judged]] that it would be useless to put [[Jesus]] to [[death]] if they permitted [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus Lazarus], who [[represented]] the very peak of his [[wonder]]-working, to live and bear [[testimony]] to the [[fact]] that Jesus had raised him from the [[dead]]. Already had [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus Lazarus] [[suffered]] bitter [[persecution]] from them. |