(Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem,

These things happened in Bethany across the Jordan River where John was baptizing.

Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead.

Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.

When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb four days already.

Now a large crowd of Judeans learned that Jesus was there, and so they came not only because of him but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.