John 11
1 A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters Mary and Martha.
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus who was sick.
It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
3 So the sisters sent a message to Jesus: “Lord, your close friend is sick.”
These sisters therefore sent to Him, saying, “Lord, one You love is sick!”
4 When Jesus heard the news he said, “The end result of this sickness will not be death. Through this God's glory will be revealed so that the Son of God may be glorified.”
When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness won’t end in death, but for God’s glory, so that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”
5 Even though Jesus loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus,
Now Jesus sincerely loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 and had heard that Lazarus was sick, he remained where he was for two more days.
Yet, when He heard that Lazarus was sick, Jesus stayed where He was for two more days.
7 Then he told the disciples, “Let's return to Judea.”
After this, He said to the disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.”
8 The disciples replied, “Rabbi, just a few days ago the Jews were trying to stone you. Do you really want to go back there now?”
The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just recently trying to stone You! Are You really going back there?”
9 “Aren't there twelve hours in a day?” Jesus replied.
Jesus answered, “Aren’t there twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks by day doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
10 “If you walk during the day you don't stumble because you can see where you're going by the light of this world. But if you walk during the night you stumble because you have no light.”
But anyone who walks by night stumbles, because the light isn’t in him.”
11 After telling them this, he said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I'm going to go there and wake him up!”
After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”
12 The disciples said, “Lord, if he's sleeping then he'll get better.”
The disciples therefore said to Him, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will recover.”
13 Jesus had been referring to the death of Lazarus, but the disciples thought he meant actual sleep.
Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was talking about literal sleep.
14 So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,
15 For your sake I'm glad I wasn't there, because now you will be able to trust in me. Let's go and see him.”
and I am glad for your sakes that I wasn’t there, so that you may believe — but let’s go to him.”
16 Thomas, the Twin, said to his fellow-disciples, “Let's go too so we can die with him.”
Therefore Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go, too, that we may die with Him.”
17 When he arrived, Jesus learned that Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days.
When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.
18 Bethany was just two miles from Jerusalem,
Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away,
19 and many Jews had come to console Mary and Martha at the loss of their brother.
and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
20 When Martha found out that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed home.
21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you'd been here, my brother wouldn't have died.
Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.
22 But I'm certain that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”
Even now I know that God will give you whatever You ask of Him.”
23 Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise again.”
Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day,” Martha answered.
Martha replied, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”
25 Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who trust in me will live, even though they die.
Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live even if they die,
and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” (aiōn g165)
27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one expected to come to this world.”
“Yes, Lord,” she answered, “I have believed that You are the Christ, God’s Son, who was to come into the world.”
28 When she had said this, she went and told her sister Mary in private, “The Teacher's here, and asking to see you.”
When she had said this, she went back and called Mary, her sister, saying secretly, “The Teacher is here, and is asking for you.”
29 As soon as she heard, Mary quickly got up and went to see him.
When she heard this, she arose quickly, and went to Him.
30 Jesus hadn't arrived in the village yet. He was still at the place where Martha had met him.
Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha met Him.
31 The Jews who had been comforting Mary in the home saw how she'd got up quickly and left. So they followed her, thinking she was going to the tomb to weep there.
The Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary get up quickly and go out. They followed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”
32 When Mary arrived at the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you'd been here, my brother wouldn't have died.”
When Mary came to where Jesus was, she saw Him, and fell at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.”
33 When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying as well, he was very troubled and upset.
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled.
34 “Where have you laid him?” he asked. They replied, “Lord, come and see.”
He asked, “Where have you laid him?” They replied, “Lord, come and see.”
35 Then Jesus cried too.
Jesus wept.
36 “See how much he loved him,” the Jews said.
So the Jews were saying, “See how He loved him!”
37 But some of them said, “If he could open the eyes of a blind man, couldn't he have kept Lazarus from dying?”
But some of them said, “Couldn’t this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have kept this man from dying?”
38 Very troubled, Jesus went to the tomb. It was a cave with a large stone placed at the entrance.
Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a boulder was placed against the entrance.
39 “Remove the stone,” Jesus told them. But Martha, the dead man's sister, said, “Lord, by now there will be a terrible smell, for he's been dead for four days.”
Jesus said, “Take away the boulder.” Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, because he has been dead four days.”
40 “Didn't I tell you that if you trusted me you would see God's glory?” Jesus replied.
Jesus told her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you would believe you would see God’s glory?”
41 So they removed the stone. Jesus looked heavenwards, and said, “Father, thank you for listening to me.
Then they took the boulder away from the place where the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard me.
42 I know you always listen to me. I said this because of the crowd standing here so that they will believe that you sent me.”
I know that You always hear me, but because of the people who are standing here I said this, that they may believe that You sent me.”
43 After saying this, Jesus shouted, “Lazarus, come out!”
Now when He had said these things, He called loudly, “Lazarus, come out!”
44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of linen, and with a cloth around his face. “Unbind him and set him free,” Jesus told them.
He who had died came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus told them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
45 Consequently many of the Jews who had come to comfort Mary and who saw what Jesus did put their trust in him.
Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him.
46 But others went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus did.
47 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the ruling council. “What shall we do?” they asked. “This man is doing many miracles.
Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, “What are we doing? For this Man performs many signs.
48 If we allow him to continue, everybody will believe in him, and then the Romans will destroy both the Temple and our status as a nation.”
If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
49 “You don't understand anything!” said Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
Then a certain one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, told them, “You don’t know anything,
50 “Can't you see that it's better for you that one man die for the people so that the whole nation won't be destroyed?”
nor do you take into account that it’s better for you that one man should die for the people, than for the whole nation to perish.”
51 He didn't say this on his own behalf, but as chief priest that year he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation.
He didn’t say this on his own initiative; but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,
52 And this was not just for the Jewish nation, but for all the scattered children of God so that they might be gathered together and be made into one.
and not for the nation only, but that Jesus might also gather together into one God’s children who are scattered abroad.
53 From that time on they plotted how they might kill Jesus.
So from that day on, they planned together to kill Jesus.
54 So Jesus did not travel openly among the Jews but went to a town called Ephraim in the region near the desert and stayed there with his disciples.
Therefore Jesus stopped walking publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there He stayed with the disciples.
55 It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover, and many people went from the countryside to Jerusalem to purify themselves for the Passover.
Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
56 People were looking for Jesus and talking about him as they stood in the Temple. “What do you think?” they asked each other. “Isn't he coming to the festival?”
Then they were looking for Jesus, and spoke among themselves as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? Isn’t He coming to the feast at all?”
57 The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it so they could arrest him.
Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, that they might arrest Him.
