Levi H. Dowling

“ And when they met the master Martha said, You are too late, for Lazarus is dead; if you had only been with us I know that he would not have died.
14. But even now I know that you have power over death; that by the sacred Word you may cause life to rise from death.
15. And Jesus said, Behold, for Lazarus shall again.
16. And Martha said, I know that he will rise and live again when all the dead shall rise.
17. And Jesus said, I am the resurrection and the life; he who has faith in me, though he be dead, yet shall he live ”

“ But his disciples urged him not to go; they said, The Jews are waiting your return that they may take your life.
8. And Jesus said, Men cannot take my life till I have handed unto them my life.
9. And when the time shall come I will myself lay down my life; that time is near, and God knows best; I must arise and go.
10. And Thomas said, Then we will also go; yes, we will offer up our lives and die with him. And they arose and went.
11. Now, Mary, Martha, Ruth and many friends were weeping in their home when one approached and said, The Lord has come ”

“ And then the chief priests and the Pharisees in council met and sought a plan by which they might put him to death.
40. Caiaphas was the high priest then, and he came forth and said, You men of Israel, do you not know the law? ”