But Mary did not go to her brother's tomb. She went to Jesus, who was still at the place where Martha had met him; and threw herself at his feet, saying, as her sister had said before: "O Master! if only you had been here, my brother would not have died!" When Jesus saw her wailing, and saw the friends with her wailing, he too was troubled and greatly distressed. "Where have you laid him," he asked. "Come and see, Master," they answered. Jesus now began to weep, in feeling for the two sisters. "How he must have loved him!" said the Jews to each other. But some of them said: "Could not this man, who gave sight to a blind man, have kept this man from dying?" Again groaning, but quietly, Jesus came to the tomb. Like many of the graves in that land, it was a cave in the rocky hillside, and a large stone covered its mouth. "Move away the stone," commanded Jesus. "Master," said Martha, "remember that he has been dead four days, and by this time there may be a strong smell from the body." "Did I not tell you," said Jesus, "that if you will only believe in me you will see the glory of God?" They moved the stone away from the door of the cave, and Jesus, lifting his eyes upward, said: "Father, I thank thee for listening to my prayer. I knew that thou always hearest me; but I spoke on account of those around me, that they might believe that thou hast sent me." Then with a loud voice, Jesus called: "Lazarus! Come out!" Out from the tomb came the man who had been dead. He could scarcely walk, for his hands and feet were wrapped with bandages; his face, too, had been covered with a cloth tied over it. "Set him free," said Jesus, "and let him go!" They took away the cloth from his face, and unwrapped the bandages from his body; and Lazarus stood up living and well, in the presence of all the people! How happy were Martha and Mary, as they placed their arms around him, and felt his flesh, warm with the life-blood once more flowing through his veins! As the Jews who had come to visit Martha and Mary saw this wonderful work, calling back to life a man who had been in his tomb four days, many of them believed in Jesus. These told the story to others, and the number of believers grew larger and larger. Some of those who had seen or had heard of the raising of Lazarus to life went to Jerusalem and told the Pharisees, the enemies of Jesus, what had taken place. These men told the chief priests, and the priests and Pharisees called together the high council to talk of these things and to decide what should be done with Jesus. This high council was a board or company of leading men, which, next to the Roman governor, ruled over the Jews. It was made up of seventy-two men, some of them priests and some of them scribes or teachers of the law. They met in a room set apart for their use in the Temple; and they formed the highest court in the land to deal with any who were accused of having broken the laws.