Come forth

Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days. Martha warned that by now he stank. Jesus had the stone taken away, prayed, and cried with a loud voice. The dead man came out, still bound hand and foot with graveclothes.

Notice the second command. Jesus tells the bystanders: loose him. Jesus did the miracle, but others had to do the loosing. Whoever receives a new beginning often needs people who help take off the old graveclothes.