People were shocked because touching the dead was pollution for some days. Decomposition would have begun to set in after four days. Martha protested, saying, "Lord, it is not right to disturb the rest of the dead, he stinks." Martha where is your faith? You had just confessed that Jesus is God’s Son and Messiah and able to raise the dead.
Watu wakashituka vibaya, kwa sababu kugusa maiti ilifanya unajisi kwa siku kadhaa. Kuoza kumeanza sasa siku ya nne. Kwa namna Martha alitaka kukataa, akisema, “Bwana, si sawa kugusa tena mabaki ya mfu, ananuka.”