John 11
1 Now there was a certain sick man, Lazarus of Bethania, from the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
Now a man named Lazarus, of Bethany, was lying ill; he belonged to the same village as Mary and her sister Martha.
2 And Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was sick.
This Mary, whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who anointed the Master with perfume, and wiped his feet with her hair.
3 Therefore, his sisters sent to him, saying: “Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick.”
The sisters, therefore, sent this message to Jesus – ‘Master, your friend is ill’;
4 Then, upon hearing this, Jesus said to them: “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.”
and, when Jesus heard it, he said, “This illness is not to end in death, but is to redound to the honor of God, in order that the Son of God may be honored through it.”
5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister Mary, and Lazarus.
Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 Even so, after he heard that he was sick, he then still remained in the same place for two days.
Yet, when he heard of the illness of Lazarus, he still stayed two days in the place where he was.
7 Then, after these things, he said to his disciples, “Let us go into Judea again.”
Then, after that, he said to his disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”
8 The disciples said to him: “Rabbi, the Jews are even now seeking to stone you. And would you go there again?”
“Rabbi,” they replied, “the authorities there were but just now seeking to stone you; and are you going there again?”
9 Jesus responded: “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the daylight, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
“Are not there twelve hours in the day?” answered Jesus. “If someone walks about in the daytime, they don’t stumble, because they can see the light of the sun;
10 But if he walks in the nighttime, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”
but, if they walk about at night, they stumble, because they have not the light.”
11 He said these things, and after this, he said to them: “Lazarus our friend is sleeping. But I am going, so that I may awaken him from sleep.”
And, when he had said this, he added, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going so that I may wake him.”
12 And so his disciples said, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he shall be healthy.”
“If he has fallen asleep, Master, he will get well,” said the disciples.
13 But Jesus had spoken about his death. Yet they thought that he spoke about the repose of sleep.
But Jesus meant that he was dead; they, however, supposed that he was speaking of natural sleep.
14 Therefore, Jesus then said to them plainly, “Lazarus has died.
Then he said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead;
15 And I am glad for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may learn to believe in me. But let us go to him.”
16 And then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us go, too, so that we may die with him.”
At this, Thomas, who was called ‘The Twin,’ said to his fellow disciples, “Let us go too, so that we may die with him.”
17 And so Jesus went. And he found that he had already been in the tomb for four days.
When Jesus reached the place, he found that Lazarus had been four days in the tomb already.
18 (Now Bethania was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia. )
Bethany being only about two miles from Jerusalem,
19 And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, so as to console them over their brother.
a number of the people had come there to comfort Martha and Mary because of their brother’s death.
20 Therefore, Martha, when she heard that Jesus was arriving, went out to meet him. But Mary was sitting at home.
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat quietly at home.
21 And then Martha said to Jesus: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
“Master,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 But even now, I know that whatever you will request from God, God will give to you.”
Even now, I know that God will grant you whatever you ask him.”
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother shall rise again.”
“Your brother will rise to life,” said Jesus.
24 Martha said to him, “I know that he shall rise again, at the resurrection on the last day.”
“I know that he will,” replied Martha, “in the resurrection at the Last day.”
25 Jesus said to her: “I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in me, even though he has died, he shall live.
“I am the resurrection and the life,” said Jesus. “He who believes in me will live, though he die;
26 And everyone who lives and believes in me shall not die for eternity. Do you believe this?” (aiōn g165)
and he who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” (aiōn g165)
27 She said to him: “Certainly, Lord. I have believed that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God, who has come into this world.”
“Yes Master,” she answered. “I have learned to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”
28 And when she had said these things, she went and called her sister Mary quietly, saying, “The Teacher is here, and he is calling you.”
After saying this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, and whispered, “The teacher is here, and is asking for you.”
29 When she heard this, she rose up quickly and went to him.
As soon as Mary heard that, she got up quickly, and went to meet him.
30 For Jesus had not yet arrived in the town. But he was still at that place where Martha had met him.
Jesus had not then come into the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him.
31 Therefore, the Jews who were with her in the house and who were consoling her, when they had seen that Mary rose up quickly and went out, they followed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb, so that she may weep there.”
So the people, who were in the house with Mary, comforting her, when they saw her get up quickly and go out, followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
32 Therefore, when Mary had arrived to where Jesus was, seeing him, she fell down at his feet, and she said to him. “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she threw herself at his feet. “Master,” she exclaimed, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died!”
33 And then, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had arrived with her weeping, he groaned in spirit and became troubled.
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people who had come with her weeping also, he groaned deeply, and was greatly distressed.
34 And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”
“Where have you buried him?” he asked. “Come and see, Master,” they answered.
35 And Jesus wept.
Jesus burst into tears.
36 Therefore, the Jews said, “See how much he loved him!”
“How he must have loved him!” the people exclaimed;
37 But some of them said, “Would not he who opened the eyes of one born blind have been able to cause this man not to die?”
but some of them said, “Could not this man, who gave sight to the blind man, have also prevented Lazarus from dying?”
38 Therefore, Jesus, again groaning from within himself, went to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone had been placed over it.
Again groaning inwardly, Jesus came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against the mouth of it.
39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who had died, said to him, “Lord, by now it will smell, for this is the fourth day.”
“Move the stone away,” said Jesus. “Master,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time the smell must be offensive, for this is the fourth day since his death.”
40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe, you shall see the glory of God?”
“Didn’t I tell you,” replied Jesus, “that, if you would believe in me, you should see the glory of God?”
41 Therefore, they took away the stone. Then, lifting up his eyes, Jesus said: “Father, I give thanks to you because you have heard me.
So they moved the stone away; and Jesus, with uplifted eyes, said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard my prayer;
42 And I know that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the people who are standing nearby, so that they may believe that you have sent me.”
I know that you always hear me; but I say this for the sake of the people standing near, so that they may believe that you has sent me as your messenger.”
43 When he had said these things, he cried in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.”
Then, after saying this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus! Come out!”
44 And immediately, he who had been dead went forth, bound at the feet and hands with winding bands. And his face was bound with a separate cloth. Jesus said to them, “Release him and let him go.”
The dead man came out, wrapped hand and foot in a winding-sheet; his face, too, had been wrapped in a cloth. “Set him free,” said Jesus, “and let him go.”
45 Therefore, many of the Jews, who had come to Mary and Martha, and who had seen the things that Jesus did, believed in him.
In consequence of this, many of the people, who had come to visit Mary and had seen what Jesus did, put their faith in him.
46 But certain ones among them went to the Pharisees and told them the things that Jesus had done.
Some of them, however, went to the Pharisees, and told them what he had done.
47 And so, the high priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and they were saying: “What can we do? For this man accomplishes many signs.
The chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the High Council, and said, “What are we to do, now that this man is giving so many signs?
48 If we leave him alone, in this way all will believe in him. And then the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation.”
If we allow him to continue as we are doing, everyone will believe in him; and the Romans will come and will take from us both our Temple and our nation.”
49 Then one of them, named Caiaphas, since he was the high priest that year, said to them: “You do not understand anything.
One of them, however, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them,
50 Nor do you realize that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the entire nation should not perish.”
“You are utterly mistaken. You do not consider that it is better for you that one person should die for the people, rather than the whole nation should be destroyed.”
51 Yet he did not say this from himself, but since he was the high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation.
Now he did not say this of his own accord; but, as high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was to die for the nation –
52 And not only for the nation, but in order to gather together as one the children of God who have been dispersed.
And not for the nation only, but also that he might unite in one body the children of God now scattered far and wide.
53 Therefore, from that day, they planned to put him to death.
So from that day they plotted to put Jesus to death.
54 And so, Jesus no longer walked in public with the Jews. But he went into a region near the desert, to a city which is called Ephraim. And he lodged there with his disciples.
In consequence of this, Jesus did not go about publicly among the people any more, but left and went into the country bordering on the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.
55 Now the Passover of the Jews was near. And many from the countryside ascended to Jerusalem before the Passover, so that they might sanctify themselves.
But the Jewish Festival of the Passover was near; and many people had gone up from the country to Jerusalem, for their purification, before the Festival began.
56 Therefore, they were seeking Jesus. And they conferred with one another, while standing in the temple: “What do you think? Will he come to the feast day?”
So they looked for Jesus there, and said to one another, as they stood in the Temple Courts, “What do you think? Do you think he will come to the Festival?”
57 And the high priests and Pharisees had given an order, so that if anyone would know where he may be, he should reveal it, so that they might apprehend him.
The chief priests and the Pharisees had already issued orders that, if anyone learned where Jesus was, he should give information, so that they might arrest him.
