John 11
1 And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister—
At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 and it was Mary who anointed the LORD with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ailing—
(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
3 therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You cherish is ailing”;
So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”
4 and Jesus having heard, said, “This ailment is not to death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
5 And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 when, therefore, He heard that he is ailing, then indeed He remained in the place in which He was two days,
So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,
7 then after this, He says to the disciples, “We may go to Judea again”;
and then He said to the disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”
8 the disciples say to Him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just seeking to stone You, and again You go there?”
“Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”
9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone may walk in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world;
Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
10 and if anyone may walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”
But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”
11 He said these things, and after this He says to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go on that I may awake him”;
After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”
12 therefore His disciples said, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will be saved”;
His disciples replied, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better.”
13 but Jesus had spoken about his death, but they thought that He speaks about the repose of sleep.
They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus.
14 Then, therefore, Jesus said to them freely, “Lazarus has died;
So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,
15 and I rejoice, for your sake (that you may believe), that I was not there; but we may go to him”;
and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
16 therefore Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to the fellow-disciples, “We may go—we also, that we may die with Him,”
Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”
17 Jesus, therefore, having come, found him having already been four days in the tomb.
When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.
18 And Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia off,
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away,
19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, that they might comfort them concerning their brother;
and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.
20 Martha, therefore, when she heard that Jesus comes, met Him, and Mary kept sitting in the house.
So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him; but Mary stayed at home.
21 Martha, therefore, said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother had not died;
Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 but even now, I have known that whatever You may ask of God, God will give to You”;
But even now I know that God will give You whatever You ask of Him.”
23 Jesus says to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
“Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her.
24 Martha says to Him, “I have known that he will rise again in the resurrection in the last day”;
Martha replied, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her, “I AM the resurrection, and the life; he who is believing in Me, even if he may die, will live;
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” (aiōn g165)
27 do you believe this?” She says to Him, “Yes, Lord, I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.”
“Yes, Lord,” she answered, “I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”
28 And having said these things, she went away, and called Mary her sister privately, saying, “The Teacher is present, and calls you”;
After Martha had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”
29 she, when she heard, rises up quickly, and comes to Him;
And when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him.
30 and Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met Him;
Now Jesus had not yet entered 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 were comforting her, having seen Mary that she rose up quickly and went forth, followed her, saying, “She goes away to the tomb, that she may weep there.”
When the Jews who were in the house consoling Mary saw how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
32 Mary, therefore, when she came where Jesus was, having seen Him, fell at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother had not died”;
When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, 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, groaned in the spirit, and troubled Himself, and He said,
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
34 “Where have you laid him?” They say to Him, “Lord, come and see”;
“Where have you put him?” He asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they answered.
35 Jesus wept.
Jesus wept.
36 The Jews, therefore, said, “Behold, how He was cherishing him!”
Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
37 And certain of them said, “Was not this One, who opened the eyes of the blind man, also able to cause that this one might not have died?”
But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
38 Jesus, therefore, again groaning in Himself, comes to the tomb, and it was a cave, and a stone was lying on it,
Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
39 Jesus says, “Take away the stone”; the sister of him who has died—Martha—says to Him, “Lord, he already stinks, for he is four days dead”;
“Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”
40 Jesus says to her, “Did I not say to you that if you may believe, you will see the glory of God?”
Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
41 Therefore they took away the stone where the dead was laid, and Jesus lifted His eyes upwards, and said, “Father, I thank You that You heard Me;
So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
42 and I knew that You always hear Me, but because of the multitude that is standing by, I said [it], that they may believe that You sent Me.”
I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”
43 And saying these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!”
After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
44 And he who died came forth, feet and hands being bound with grave-clothes, and his face was bound around with a napkin; Jesus says to them, “Loose him, and permit to go.”
The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.
45 Many, therefore, of the Jews who came to Mary, and beheld what Jesus did, believed in Him;
Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
46 but certain of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them what Jesus did;
But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47 the chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered together [the] Sanhedrin and said, “What may we do? Because this Man does many signs?
Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
48 If we may leave Him alone thus, all will believe in Him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.”
If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
49 And a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being chief priest of that year, said to them, “You have not known anything,
But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
50 nor reason that it is good for us that one man may die for the people, and not the whole nation perish.”
You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
51 And he did not say this of himself, but being chief priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation,
Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,
52 and not for the nation only, but that also the children of God, who have been scattered abroad, He may gather together into one.
and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.
53 From that day, therefore, they took counsel together that they may kill Him;
So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.
54 Jesus, therefore, was no longer freely walking among the Jews, but went away from there into the region near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there He tarried with His disciples.
As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.
55 And 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;
Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
56 therefore they were seeking Jesus and said with one another, standing in the temple, “What appears to you—that He may not come to the celebration?”
They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple courts, “What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?”
57 And both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone may know where He is, he may show [it], so that they may seize Him.
But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.
