John 11
1 [One time] there was a man whose name was Lazarus who was [very] sick. He lived in Bethany [village], where his [older] sisters Mary and Martha also lived.
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 Mary was the woman who [later] poured perfume on the feet of the Lord [Jesus], and then wiped his feet with her hair.
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 two sisters sent [someone to tell] Jesus [about Lazarus], saying, “Lord, the one you love [very much] is very sick.”
These sisters therefore sent to Him, saying, “Lord, one You love is sick!”
4 [They hoped that Jesus would come], but when Jesus heard the message, he said, “His being sick will not end in his dying. Instead, it will result in [people realizing] how great God is, and that I, God’s son, may be honored {that people may honor me, God’s son}, because of [what I will do].”
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 Jesus loved Martha and her [younger] sister [Mary] and Lazarus.
Now Jesus sincerely loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 But when Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed [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 But Jesus [wanted to see Lazarus]. So he said to us disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.”
After this, He said to the disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.”
8 We said, “Teacher, just a short while ago the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] wanted to [kill you by] throwing stones at you. So ([we think that you should not] go back there again!/[are you sure that you want to] go back there again?) [RHQ]”
The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just recently trying to stone You! Are You really going back there?”
9 [To show us that nothing bad could happen to him until the time that God had chosen] [MET], Jesus replied, “There are [RHQ] twelve hours in the daytime, [which is enough time to do what God wants us to do]. People who walk in the daytime will not stumble [over things they cannot see], because they see things by the light from the sun.
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 It is when people walk in the nighttime that they stumble over things, because they have no light.”
But anyone who walks by night stumbles, because the light isn’t in him.”
11 After he said that, he told us, “Our friend Lazarus has gone to sleep. But I will go there so that I can 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 So we said to him, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get well. [So you do not need to risk your life by going there].”
The disciples therefore said to Him, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will recover.”
13 Jesus was speaking [figuratively] about Lazarus’ death, but we thought that he was talking about really being asleep.
Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was talking about literal sleep.
14 So then he told us plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,
15 But for your sake I am glad that I was not there [when he died], because I want you to believe [more firmly that I] ([am the Messiah/came from God]). So now, [instead of staying here], let’s go to 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 Then Thomas, who was {whom they} called ‘The Twin’, said to the rest of us disciples, “Let’s all go, so that we may die with Jesus [when his enemies kill 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 we arrived [close to Bethany], someone told Jesus that Lazarus [had died and had been buried and his body 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 is less than (two miles/three kilometers) from Jerusalem.
Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away,
19 Many Jews had come [from Jerusalem] to console Martha and Mary over [the death of] their [younger] brother.
and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
20 When Martha heard [someone say] that Jesus was coming, she went [along the road] to meet him. But Mary stayed in the house.
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed home.
21 When Martha [got to where Jesus was], she said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died [because you would have healed him]!
Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.
22 But I know that even now God will do for you whatever you ask [concerning my brother].”
Even now I know that God will give you whatever You ask of Him.”
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will become alive again!”
Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will become alive again when all people become alive again on the [Judgment] day.”
Martha replied, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the one who [enables people to] become alive again and who [causes people to] live [eternally]. Those who believe in me, even if they die, will live [again].
Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live even if they die,
26 Furthermore, all those who believe in me while they are alive, [their souls] will not die [forever]. Do you believe that?” (aiōn g165)
and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” (aiōn g165)
27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord! I believe that you are the Messiah, (the Son of God/the man who is also God). You are the one [God promised to send] into the world!”
“Yes, Lord,” she answered, “I have believed that You are the Christ, God’s Son, who was to come into the world.”
28 After she said that, she returned [to the house] and took her [younger] sister, Mary, aside and said to her, “The Teacher is close [to our village], and he wants to talk to 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 When Mary heard that, she got up quickly and went to him.
When she heard this, she arose quickly, and went to Him.
30 Jesus had not yet entered the village; he was still at the place where Martha met him.
Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha met Him.
31 The Jews who were in the house with Mary, consoling her, saw Mary get up quickly and go outside. So they followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb [where they had buried Lazarus], in order to cry 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 got to where Jesus was and saw him, she prostrated herself at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my [younger] brother would not 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 saw that the Jews who had come with her were also crying, he was very angry [that Satan had caused Lazarus to die] (OR, very troubled) and disturbed in his spirit.
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled.
34 He said, “Where have you buried (him/his body)?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”
He asked, “Where have you laid him?” They replied, “Lord, come and see.”
35 Jesus began to cry.
Jesus wept.
36 Then [some of] the Jews said, “Look how much he loved Lazarus!”
So the Jews were saying, “See how He loved him!”
37 But some others said, “He enabled a blind man to see. So (he should have been able to [heal this man so that] he did not die!/why did he not [heal this man so that] he did not die?) [RHQ]”
But some of them said, “Couldn’t this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have kept this man from dying?”
38 Within himself Jesus was again very angry [about Lazarus dying] (OR, very troubled). He came to the tomb. It was a cave. The entrance had been covered with a large stone.
Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a boulder was placed against the entrance.
39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone!” Martha, [who, as I mentioned before, was an older] sister of the man who had died, said, “Lord, his [body] has been [in the tomb] for four days, so now there will be a bad smell!”
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 Jesus said to her, “I told [RHQ] you that if you believed [in] ([me/what I can do]), you would see how great God is! Have [you forgotten that]?”
Jesus told her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you would believe you would see God’s glory?”
41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up [toward heaven] and said, “My Father, I thank you that you heard me [when I prayed about this earlier].
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 that you always hear me [when I pray]. But instead [of just praying silently], I said that for the sake of the people who are standing here. I want them to 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 he said that, he shouted, “Lazarus, come out!”
Now when He had said these things, He called loudly, “Lazarus, come out!”
44 The man who [had been] dead came out! The strips of cloth were still wrapped around his [hands and feet], and a cloth was still around his face, [but he came out]! Jesus said to them, “Take off the cloths so that he can walk easily!” [So they did that].
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 As a result, many of the Jews who had come to [see] Mary and who had seen what Jesus did, believed that he ([was the Messiah/had come from God]).
Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him.
46 But some of the [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 So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered all the members of the [Jewish] Council together. They started saying [to each other], “What are we going to do [about Jesus]? He is performing 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 keep [doing this], everyone will believe (in him/that he [is the Messiah]), [and they will make him their king]. Then the Roman [army] will come and destroy our Temple and our whole nation of Israel!”
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 One of the [Jewish Council] members was Caiaphas. He was the Jewish high priest that year. [Hinting that they should get rid of Jesus], he said to them, “You [talk as though you] do not know anything [HYP]!
Then a certain one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, told them, “You don’t know anything,
50 You do not realize that it would be much better for us if one man died for the sake of the people rather than that [the Romans kill] all the [people of our Jewish] nation.”
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 said that, not because he thought of it himself. Instead, since he was the high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the whole [Jewish] 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 But he was also prophesying that Jesus would die, not just for the Jews, but for all the people living in other lands who [would belong] to God, in order that he would unite [all of them into] one [group].
and not for the nation only, but that Jesus might also gather together into one God’s children who are scattered abroad.
53 So from that day the [Jewish leaders] started to make plans how they could kill Jesus.
So from that day on, they planned together to kill Jesus.
54 Because of that, Jesus no longer traveled around publicly among the Jewish people. Instead, he left [Jerusalem, along] with us disciples, and went to a village called Ephraim, in an area near the desolate region. We stayed there [for a while].
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 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover [celebration], many [Jews] went up to Jerusalem from other places in the country. They went there to perform the rituals to make themselves acceptable [to God] before the Passover [celebration started].
Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
56 The Jewish chief priests and Pharisees issued an order that if anyone found out where Jesus was, that person should report it to them, in order that they could seize him. [So the people thought that Jesus would] probably [not dare to come to the celebration]. But they kept looking for him, and as they were standing in the Temple [courtyard] they were saying to each other, “What do you think? He will not come to the celebration, will he?”
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?”
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.
