J41 The Resurrection Poem by Simple Simon

Jesus found, when he arrived,
That Lazarus had been buried.
Four days had gone by then.
His body was in bad condition.

Martha met Jesus first,
And before him, she wept.
Later, her sister Mary joined
And for her brother she cried.

It touched Jesus’ heart.
With them, he also wept.
People around were moved.
In sympathy, they too cried.

They said, “See how
Jesus shows his love! ”
When he gave sight to blind
Why not life to his friend?

“Where’ve you buried him? ”
Jesus then asked them.
“Come and see Lord,
With tears, they said.

All the way, they led Jesus,
To the tomb of Lazarus.
His body was laid
In a cave deep inside.

“Take away the stone, ”
Jesus ordered them then.
To remove when they tried,
Martha interfered and said,

“Lord, the body will
Give very bad smell
If you remove the stone
As four days had gone.”

Jesus replied, “Don’t worry.
You’ll see God’s glory,
On this memorable day,
Once you believe, what I say.”

They took away the stone.
Jesus looked up the heaven.
“What’s going to happen? ”
Everyone asked this question.

“I thank you Father; you listen
To my every word or action
To let people know, you sent me,
So, they’ll start believing me.”

After saying this Jesus called out
In a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.”
He came out with his hands and feet,
In grave clothes, wrapped tight.

“Untie him, let him go, ”
Jesus loudly said so.
“Never one like this happened, ”
Said all the people around.