John 11
1 Now there was a certain man sick, named Lazarus, of Bethania, of the town 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 (And Mary was she that 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 His 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 And Jesus hearing it, said to them: 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 Mary, and Lazarus.
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he still remained in the same place two days.
When, however, He heard that Lazarus was ill, He still remained two days in that same place.
7 Then after that, he said to his disciples: Let us go into Judea again.
Then, after that, He said to the disciples, "Let us return to Judaea."
8 The disciples say to him: Rabbi, the Jews but now 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 of the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth 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 he walk in the night, he stumbleth, 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 he said; and after that he said to them: Lazarus our friend sleepeth; 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 His disciples therefore said: Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
"Master," said the disciples, "if he is asleep he will recover."
13 But Jesus spoke of his death; and they thought that he spoke of the repose of sleep.
Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought He referred to the rest taken in ordinary sleep.
14 Then therefore Jesus said to them plainly: Lazarus is dead.
So then He told them plainly,
15 And I am glad, for your sakes, that I was not there, that you 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, who is 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 came, and found that he had been four days already in the grave.
On His arrival Jesus found that Lazarus had already been three days in the tomb.
18 (Now Bethania was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.)
Bethany was near Jerusalem, the distance being a little less than two miles;
19 And many of the Jews were come to Martha and Mary, to comfort 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 therefore, as soon as she heard that Jesus had come, went to meet him: but Mary sat at home.
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 now also I know that whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.
And even now I know that whatever you ask God for, God will give you."
23 Jesus saith to her: Thy brother shall rise again.
"Your brother shall rise again," replied Jesus.
24 Martha saith to him: I know that he shall 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 that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live:
"I am the Resurrection and the Life," said Jesus; "he who believes in me, even if he has died, he shall live;
26 And every one that liveth, and believeth in me, shall not die for ever. Believest thou this? (aiōn g165)
and every one who is living and is a believer in me shall never, never die. Do you believe this?" (aiōn g165)
27 She saith to him: Yea, Lord, I have believed that thou art Christ the Son of the living God, who art come into this 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 when she had said these things, she went, and called her sister Mary secretly, saying: The master is come, and calleth for 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, as soon as she heard this, riseth quickly, and cometh to him.
So she, on hearing that, rose up quickly to go to Him.
30 For Jesus was not yet come into the town: but he was still in that place where Martha had met 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 comforted her, when they saw Mary that she rose up speedily and went out, followed her, saying: She goeth to the grave 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 When Mary therefore was come where Jesus was, seeing him, she fell down at his feet, and saith 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 that were come with her, weeping, groaned in the spirit, and troubled himself,
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 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 And Jesus wept.
Jesus wept.
36 The Jews therefore said: Behold how he loved him.
"See how dear he held him," said the Jews.
37 But some of them said: Could not he that opened the eyes of the man born blind, have caused that this man should not die?
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, cometh to the sepulchre. Now it was a cave; and a stone was laid over 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 saith: Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith to him: Lord, by this time he stinketh, for he is now of 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 saith to her: Did not I say to thee, that if thou believe, thou shalt 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 lifting up his eyes said: Father, I give thee thanks 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 And I knew that thou hearest me always; but because of the people who stand about have I 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 When he had said these things, he cried with a loud voice: Lazarus, come forth.
After speaking thus, He called out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out."
44 And presently he that had been dead came forth, bound feet and hands with winding bands; and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus said 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 were come to Mary and Martha, and had seen the things that 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 to the Pharisees, and told them the things that 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 doth many miracles?
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 alone so, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and take away our place and 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 one of them, named Caiphas, being the high priest that year, said to them: You know nothing.
But one of them, named Caiaphas, being High Priest that year, said, "You know nothing about it.
50 Neither do you consider that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
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 And this he spoke not of himself: but being the high priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should 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 only for the nation, but to gather together in one the children of God, that were dispersed.
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 devised to put him to death.
So from that day forward they planned and schemed in order to put Him to death.
54 Wherefore Jesus walked no more openly among the Jews; but he went into a country near the desert, unto a city that is called Ephrem, and there he abode 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 And the pasch of the Jews was at hand; and many from the country went up to Jerusalem, before the pasch 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 They sought therefore for Jesus; and they discoursed one with another, standing in the temple: What think you that he is not come to the festival day?
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 And the chief priests and Pharisees had given a commandment, that if any man knew where he was, he should tell, that they might apprehend 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.
