18 The reason why the crowd went to meet him ^bwas that they heard he had done this sign.

The Plot to Kill Lazarus

9 When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus¹ was there, they came, not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus, ^owhom he had raised from the dead. 10 ^pSo the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well, 11 because ^qon account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.