Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
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Theophilus of Antioch
AD 184
And because they were women and it did not become them to leave their home if they could help it. Great devotion and faith is expressed in these words, Behold, he whom you love is sick. Such was their idea of our Lord’s power, that they were surprised, that one, whom He loved, could be seized with sickness.
