John 11
1 Now there was a certain [man] sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister.
Now a certain man, named Lazarus, of Bethany, was lying ill-- Bethany being the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 It was [the] Mary who 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 whom thou lovest 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 unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God 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, He is sick, he remained two days then 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 says to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
Then, after that, He said to the disciples, "Let us return to Judaea."
8 The disciples say to him, Rabbi, [even but] now the Jews sought to stone thee, and goest thou thither 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 there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walk 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 any one walk 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 These things said he; and after this he says to them, Lazarus, our friend, is fallen asleep, but I go 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 to him, Lord, if he be fallen asleep, he will get well.
"Master," said the disciples, "if he is asleep he will recover."
13 But Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that he spoke of the rest of sleep.
Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought He referred to the rest taken in ordinary sleep.
14 Jesus therefore then said to them plainly, Lazarus has died.
So then He told them plainly,
15 And I rejoice on your account that I was not there, in order that ye may believe. But let us 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, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, Let us 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 Jesus therefore [on] arriving found him to have been four days already in the tomb.
On His arrival Jesus found that Lazarus had already been three days in the tomb.
18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia off,
Bethany was near Jerusalem, the distance being a little less than two miles;
19 and many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, that they might 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 Martha then, when she heard Jesus is coming, went to meet him; but Mary sat 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 Martha therefore said to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;
So Martha came and spoke to Jesus. "Master, if you had been here," she said, "my brother would not have died.
22 but even now I know, that whatsoever thou shalt ask of God, God will give thee.
And even now I know that whatever you ask God for, God will give you."
23 Jesus says to her, Thy brother shall rise again.
"Your brother shall rise again," replied Jesus.
24 Martha says to him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection in 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 that believes on me, though he have died, shall live;
"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 says to him, Yea, Lord; I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who should come 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 And having said this, she went away and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, The teacher is come and calls thee.
After saying this, she went and called her sister Mary privately, telling her, "The Rabbi is here and is asking for you."
29 She, when she heard [that], rises up quickly and comes 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 came to meet him.
Now Jesus was not yet come into the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.
31 The Jews therefore who were with her in the house and consoling her, seeing Mary that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, She goes to the tomb, that she may 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 Mary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, seeing him, fell at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not 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 Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, was deeply moved in 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 ye put him? They say to 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, Behold how he loved him!
"See how dear he held him," said the Jews.
37 And some of them said, Could not this [man], who has opened the eyes of the blind [man], have caused that this [man] also should not have died?
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 deeply moved in himself, comes to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay upon 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 says, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the dead, says to him, Lord, he stinks already, for he is four days [there].
"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 says to her, Did I not say to thee, that if thou shouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
"Did I not promise you," replied Jesus, "that if you believe, you shall see the glory of God?"
41 They took therefore the stone away. And Jesus lifted up his eyes on high and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me;
So they removed the stone. Then Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, "Father, I thank Thee that Thou hast heard me.
42 but I knew that thou always hearest me; but on account of the crowd who stand around I have said [it], that they may believe that thou hast 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 And having said this, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
After speaking thus, He called out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out."
44 And the dead came forth, bound feet and hands with graveclothes, and his face was bound round with a handkerchief. Jesus says to them, Loose 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 Many therefore of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what he had done, believed on 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 to the Pharisees and told them what 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 do we? 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 let him thus alone, all will believe on 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, Ye know nothing
But one of them, named Caiaphas, being High Priest that year, said, "You know nothing about it.
50 nor consider that it is profitable for you that one man die for the people, and not that the whole nation 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 But this he did not say of himself; but, being high priest that year, prophesied that Jesus was going to 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 should also gather together into one the children of God who were scattered abroad.
and not for the nation only, but in order to unite into one body all the far-scattered children of God.
53 From that day therefore they took counsel that they might kill him.
So from that day forward they planned and schemed in order to put Him to death.
54 Jesus therefore walked no longer openly among the Jews, but went away thence into the country near the desert, to a city called Ephraim, and there he sojourned with the 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 But the passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves.
The Jewish Passover was coming near, and many from that district went up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
56 They sought therefore Jesus, and said among themselves, standing in the temple, What do ye think? that he will not come to the feast?
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 given commandment that if any one knew where he was, he should make it known, that they might take 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.
