John 11
1 Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
Now a certain man, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha, was sick.
2 It was Mary who anointed the Lord with myrrh and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
(It was the Mary who [later] anointed the Lord with myrrh and wiped His feet with her hair whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
3 The sisters then sent for Jesus, saying, “Lord, see, he whom you love is sick.”
So the sisters sent to Him saying, “Lord, please, the one you love is sick!”
4 When Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but instead it is for the glory of God so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.”
Upon hearing it Jesus said, “This sickness is not unto death but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
(Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.)
6 So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, Jesus stayed two more days in the place where he was.
So, when He heard that he was sick He stayed where He was two more days!
7 Then after this, he said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”
Then after this He says to the disciples, “Let us go into Judea again.”
8 The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, right now the Jews are trying to stone you, and you are going back there again?”
The disciples say to Him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and you are going back there?”
9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of light in a day? If someone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
Jesus answered: “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks during the day he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
10 However, if he walks at night, he will stumble because the light is not in him.”
But if anyone walks in the night he does stumble, because the light is not in him.”
11 He said these things, and after these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may wake him out of sleep.”
Having said these things He says to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going in order to awaken him.”
12 The disciples therefore said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”
His disciples said to Him, “Lord, if he is sleeping he will get well.”
13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he was speaking about the sleep of resting.
But Jesus had spoken of his death, while they thought He was talking about natural sleep.
14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
So then Jesus said to them plainly: “Lazarus died.
15 I am glad, for your sakes, that I was not there so that you may believe. Let us go to him.”
And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
16 Thomas, who was called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go so that we may die with Jesus.”
Then Thomas (called Twin) said to his fellow disciples, “Let's us go too, so that we may die with Him.”
17 When Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.
So when Jesus had come, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.
18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.
(Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away,
19 Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them about their brother.
and many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.)
20 Then Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house.
Then Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him; but Mary remained sitting at home.
21 Martha then said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
Then Martha said to Jesus: “Lord, if You had been here my brother would not have died.
22 Even now, I know that whatever you ask from God, he will give to you.”
But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.”
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
Jesus says to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”
Martha says to Him, “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 believes in me, even if he dies, will live;
Jesus said to her: “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes into me, though he may die, will live;
and everyone who both lives and believes into me will never ever die. Do you believe this?” (aiōn g165)
27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.”
She says to Him, “Yes, Lord, I have come to believe that You are the Messiah, the Son of God, the One coming into the world.”
28 When she had said this, she went away and called her sister Mary privately. She said, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”
Having said these things she went and called her sister Mary, saying privately, “The Teacher is here and is calling you!”
29 When she heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.
Upon hearing it she gets up quickly and goes to Him.
30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village but was still in the place where Martha had met him.
(Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was in the place where Martha met Him.
31 So when the Jews, who were with her in the house and who were comforting her, saw Mary getting up quickly and going out, they followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
Then the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, they followed her saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”)
32 When Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, upon seeing Him she fell at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here my brother would not have died!”
33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and was troubled;
So when Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled.
34 he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”
And He said, “Where have you put him?” They say to Him, “Lord, come and see.”
35 Jesus wept.
Jesus wept.
36 Then the Jews said, “See how much he loved Lazarus!”
So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
37 But some of them said, “Could not this man, who opened the eyes of a blind man, also have made this man not die?”
But some of them said, “Couldn't this man, who opened the eyes of the blind, have also kept this one from dying?”
38 Then Jesus again, being deeply moved in himself, went to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
Then, groaning within Himself again, Jesus arrived at the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.
39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of Lazarus, the one who had died, said to Jesus, “Lord, by this time the body will be decaying, for he has been dead for four days.”
Jesus says, “Remove the stone!” Martha, the sister of the deceased, says to Him, “Lord, he already stinks; it's been four days!”
40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that, if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
Jesus says to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?”
41 So they took away the stone. Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you listened to me.
Then they took away the stone from where the deceased was lying. Jesus raised His eyes and said: “Father, I thank You that You heard me.
42 I knew that you always listen to me, but it is because of the crowd that is standing around me that I said this, so that they may believe that you have sent me.”
I know that You always hear me, but I spoke for the sake of the crowd standing around, so that they may believe that You sent me.”
43 After he had said this, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
Upon saying these things He shouted with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
44 The dead man came out; his feet and hands were bound with cloths, and his face was bound about with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Untie him and let him go.”
And out the deceased came! Bound hand and foot with bandages, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus says to them, “Loose him and let him go.”
45 Then many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did, believed in him.
So many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed into Him.
46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them the things that Jesus had done.
But some of them went off to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council together and said, “What will we do? This man does many signs.
Then the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council and said: “What can we do? Because this man performs many miraculous signs;
48 If we leave him alone like this, all will believe in him; the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
if we let him go on like this everybody will believe into him; and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation!”
49 However, a certain man among them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing.
But one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them: “You know nothing at all!
50 You do not consider that it is better for you that one man dies for the people than that the whole nation perishes.”
Nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die on behalf of the people, rather than the whole nation perish!”
51 Now this he said not from himself. Instead, being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation;
(Now he did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die on behalf of the nation;
52 and not only for the nation, but so that the children of God who are scattered would be gathered together into one.
and not only on behalf of the nation, but also to gather into one all the scattered children of God.)
53 So from that day onward they planned how to put Jesus to death.
So from that day on they really plotted to kill Him.
54 No longer did Jesus walk openly among the Jews, but he departed from there into the country near to the wilderness into a town called Ephraim. There he stayed with the disciples.
Therefore Jesus no longer moved about openly among the Jews, but went away from there into the country near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim; and He stayed there with His disciples.
55 Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country before the Passover in order to purify themselves.
Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many from the country went up to Jerusalem before the Passover in order to purify themselves.
56 They were looking for Jesus, and speaking one with another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? That he will not come to the festival?”
So they were looking for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple they were saying to each other, “What do you think—that he won't come to the feast at all?”
57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given an order that if anyone knew where Jesus was, he should report it so that they might seize him.
Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had together issued an edict that if anyone knew where He was he should report it, so they could arrest Him.
