JOHN 11:41 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.”
So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, 'Father, I thank you that you have heard me — Jesus' prayer of gratitude begins by thanking the Father for already having heard His petition, expressing absolute assurance that the Father grants what Jesus asks. The looking up (anableps, lifting the eyes toward heaven) is a gesture of prayer and communion with God. The thanksgiving suggests that Jesus prayed for Lazarus's resurrection before arriving at the tomb, and that prayer has already been granted in the Father's mind.
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