John 11
1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
Now a certain man, named Lazarus, of Bethany, was lying ill-- Bethany being the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
(It was the Mary who poured the perfume over the Lord and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.)
3 The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”
So the sisters sent to Him to say, "Master, he whom you hold dear is ill."
4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”
Jesus received the message and said, "This illness is not to end in death, but is to promote the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified by it."
5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.
When, however, He heard that Lazarus was ill, He still remained two days in that same place.
7 Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let’s go into Judea again.”
Then, after that, He said to the disciples, "Let us return to Judaea."
8 The disciples asked him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you. Are you going there again?”
"Rabbi," exclaimed the disciples, "the Jews have just been trying to stone you, and do you think of going back there again?"
9 Jesus answered, “Are not there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
"Are there not twelve hours in the day?" replied Jesus. "If any one walks in the daytime, he does not stumble--because he sees the light of this world.
10 But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”
But if a man walks by night, he does stumble, because the light is not in him."
11 He said these things, and after that, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep.”
He said this, and afterwards He added, "Our friend Lazarus is sleeping, but I will go and wake him."
12 The disciples therefore said, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”
"Master," said the disciples, "if he is asleep he will recover."
13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.
Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought He referred to the rest taken in ordinary sleep.
14 So Jesus said to them plainly then, “Lazarus is dead.
So then He told them plainly,
15 I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let’s go to him.”
"Lazarus is dead; and for your sakes I am glad I was not there, in order that you may believe. But let us go to him."
16 Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s also go, that we may die with him.”
"Let us go also," Thomas, the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "that we may die with him."
17 So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
On His arrival Jesus found that Lazarus had already been three days in the tomb.
18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.
Bethany was near Jerusalem, the distance being a little less than two miles;
19 Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.
and a considerable number of the Jews were with Martha and Mary, having come to express sympathy with them on the death of their brother.
20 Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house.
Martha, however, as soon as she heard the tidings, "Jesus is coming," went to meet Him; but Mary remained sitting in the house.
21 Therefore Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother would not have died.
So Martha came and spoke to Jesus. "Master, if you had been here," she said, "my brother would not have died.
22 Even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.”
And even now I know that whatever you ask God for, God will give you."
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
"Your brother shall rise again," replied Jesus.
24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
"I know," said Martha, "that he will rise again at the resurrection, on the last day."
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
"I am the Resurrection and the Life," said Jesus; "he who believes in me, even if he has died, he shall live;
and every one who is living and is a believer in me shall never, never die. Do you believe this?" (aiōn g165)
27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God’s Son, he who comes into the world.”
"Yes, Master," she replied; "I thoroughly believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world."
28 When she had said this, she went away and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, “The Teacher is here and is calling you.”
After saying this, she went and called her sister Mary privately, telling her, "The Rabbi is here and is asking for you."
29 When she heard this, she arose quickly and went to him.
So she, on hearing that, rose up quickly to go to Him.
30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.
Now Jesus was not yet come into the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.
31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”
So the Jews who were with Mary in the house sympathizing with her, when they saw that she had risen hastily and had gone out, followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep aloud there.
32 Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother would not have died.”
Mary then, when she came to Jesus and saw Him, fell at His feet and exclaimed, "Master, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."
33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit and was troubled,
Seeing her weeping aloud, and the Jews in like manner weeping who had come with her, Jesus, curbing the strong emotion of His spirit,
34 and said, “Where have you laid him?” They told him, “Lord, come and see.”
though deeply troubled, asked them, "Where have you laid him?" "Master, come and see," was their reply.
35 Jesus wept.
Jesus wept.
36 The Jews therefore said, “See how much affection he had for him!”
"See how dear he held him," said the Jews.
37 Some of them said, “Could not this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?”
But others of them asked, "Was this man who opened the blind man's eyes unable to prevent this man from dying?"
38 Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
Jesus, however, again restraining His strong feeling, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone had been laid against the mouth of it.
39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”
"Take away the stone," said Jesus. Martha, the sister of the dead man, exclaimed, "Master, by this time there is a foul smell; for it is three days since he died."
40 Jesus said to her, “Did not I tell you that if you believed, you would see God’s glory?”
"Did I not promise you," replied Jesus, "that if you believe, you shall see the glory of God?"
41 So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you listened to me.
So they removed the stone. Then Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, "Father, I thank Thee that Thou hast heard me.
42 I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude standing around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me.”
I know that Thou always hearest me; but for the sake of the crowd standing round I have said this--that they may believe that Thou didst send me."
43 When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
After speaking thus, He called out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out."
44 He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Free him, and let him go.”
The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped in cloths, and his face wrapped round with a towel. "Untie him," said Jesus, "and let him go free."
45 Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did believed in him.
Thereupon a considerable number of the Jews--namely those who had come to Mary and had witnessed His deeds--became believers in Him;
46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.
though some of them went off to the Pharisees and told them what He had done.
47 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What are we doing? For this man does many signs.
Therefore the High Priests and the Pharisees held a meeting of the Sanhedrin. "What steps are we taking?" they asked one another; "for this man is performing a great number of miracles.
48 If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
If we leave him alone in this way, everybody will believe in him, and the Romans will come and blot out both our city and our nation."
49 But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,
But one of them, named Caiaphas, being High Priest that year, said, "You know nothing about it.
50 nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”
You do not reflect that it is to your interest that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish."
51 Now he did not say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
It was not as a mere man that he thus spoke. But being High Priest that year he was inspired to declare that Jesus was to die for the nation,
52 and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
and not for the nation only, but in order to unite into one body all the far-scattered children of God.
53 So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.
So from that day forward they planned and schemed in order to put Him to death.
54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples.
Therefore Jesus no longer went about openly among the Jews, but He left that neighbourhood and went into the district near the Desert, to a town called Ephraim, and remained there with the disciples.
55 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
The Jewish Passover was coming near, and many from that district went up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
56 Then they sought for Jesus and spoke with one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think—that he is not coming to the feast at all?”
They therefore looked out for Jesus, and asked one another as they stood in the Temple, "What do you think? --will he come to the Festival at all?"
57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.
Now the High Priests and the Pharisees had issued orders that if any one knew where He was, he should give information, so that they might arrest Him.
