<p>11:41 <i>So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said: Father, I thank you that you have heard me</i>- The way the Lord characteristically lifted His eyes to Heaven to pray reflects His complete unity of spirit with the Father, with no barriers nor issues of guilty conscience standing between them. Even before the body of Lazarus emerged, the Lord knew that He had been heard. He had earlier spoken of doing the works / miracles which He had seen / been shown by the Father (5:20,36). We get the impression that the Father had shown the Lord this &quot;work&quot;, and He was totally confident that it would be performed. It was of course a huge encouragement to the Lord that He too would emerge from the grave.</p>