Chap. II.
1 ANd there was a certaine man sick called Layarus of Bethania the towne of Ma∣rie and Marthe her sister.
2 And it was Mary that aunointed the Lord with oyntment, and wiped his feete with her hayre, whose brother Layarus was sicke.
3 Therefore his sisters sente vnto him, saying, beholde, hee whome then louest is sicke.
4 And when Iesus hard this, he said, this sicknes is not vnto death▪ but for the glory of God, that the sonne of God may be glorified through it.
5 And Iesus loued Martha and her sister, and Layarus.
6 Therefore after that hee heard that hee was sicke, he abode then in the place where he was two dayes.
7 Then afterwarde he saide vnto his disciples. Let vs goe into Iury againe.
8 His disciples say vnto him, Master, the Iewes sought euen now to kill thee, and doest thou goe thither againe?
9 Iesus answered, are there not, twelue houres of the day? If any man walke in the day time, be stumbleth not: because hee seeth the light of this world.
10 But and if any man walke in the night, hee slumbleth, because he hath no light.
1 And there was a certaine man sicke. The Euangelist passeth ouer vn∣to another historie, which conteineth a most famous myracle. For be∣sides that Christ did shewe a singuler token of his diuine power in ray∣sing Lazarus from death, he hath also set before our eyes liuely image of the resurrection to come. And this was as it were the last act & con∣clusion: for the time of his death did now draw neere. It is no mar∣uell therefore if he did especially set foorth his glory in that worke, the remembrance whereof he would haue deeply imprinted in their minds, that it might be a certaine sealing of all the former thinges. Christ had raysed vp other that were dead, but nowe he sheweth his power vpon a rotten and stinking carkasse. The circumstances which serue in this my∣racle to set foorth the glory of God, shall bee noted in their place and order. In that he saith that Lazarus was of Bethania the towne of Mary & Martha, it is likely that this was expressed, because Lazarus was not so famous amongest the faithfull as were his sisters. For these holy women were wont to lodge Christ, as it appeareth out of Luk. 10. 38.