is without light'. In this way Jesus sets aside the anxiety of His disciples, on the one hand, by directing their attention to the fact that, as His time is not yet expired, He is safe from the apprehended dangers; and, on the other, by reminding them (John 11:10) that He must make use of the time apportioned to Him, before it come to an end". Location of Bethany (verse 18) Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off The evangelist tells his readers where Bethany is in relation to Jerusalem: 15 furlongs or (Greek: 15 stadia) is about . Some translations say "not quite two miles". This Bethany is clearly distinguished from the Bethany beyond the Jordan where John the Baptist baptised, mentioned in . Dialogue between Jesus and Martha (verses 20–27) Jesus said to her (Martha), "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live". "And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?" In verse 27, "Martha expresses a complete faith in Jesus": "Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who was expected to come into the world." This is the faith which the evangelist himself wants to promote", and which is his sole purpose in composing his gospel: These miracles have been written so that you will believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and so that you will have life by believing in him (). Jesus wept (verse 33–37) Verse 35 Jesus wept. Raising of Lazarus (verse 38–44) The plot to kill Jesus Verses 45-57 Verses enlarge upon the threat to kill Jesus which has been developing over several chapters: and relate the Jews' intention to have him killed when an opportunity might arise; verses and indicate more impulsive action: "they took up stones ... to stone Him". According to verse , "the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council" (, synedrion or Sanhedrin). René Kieffer notes that "the main concern of the council is to avoid the destruction of the holy place (which at the time the evangelist wrote had already happened)". Caiaphas, the Jewish high priest, urges the council to sacrifice one man to save the whole nation, which says more than Caiaphas intended but not less than what the Gospel writer intended (dramatic