contact with them. >> when mary and martha send word to jesus that their brother is ill -- >> ah, stop. >> -- they don't call him lazarus of bethany or lazarus, our brother. they call him in the greek, hone filis, he whom you love. it's a very beautiful indication of the intense and affectionate relationship that jesus and lazarus had. >> lord, your good friend is sick. >> when jesus receives the message, he seems to be not immediately motivated to do something about it. >> lazarus' sickness will not end in death. >> in fact, he says to his disciples "we're going to stay here a little bit longer," and his disciples go, "why aren't we moving? it's an urgent thing. he's going to die."