John 11
1 Now a certain man, named Lazarus, of Bethany, was lying ill-- Bethany being the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 (It was the Mary who poured the perfume over the Lord and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.)
(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
3 So the sisters sent to Him to say, "Master, he whom you hold dear is ill."
So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”
4 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."
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 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 When, however, He heard that Lazarus was ill, He still remained two days in that same place.
So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,
7 Then, after that, He said to the disciples, "Let us return to Judaea."
and then He said to the disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”
8 "Rabbi," exclaimed the disciples, "the Jews have just been trying to stone you, and do you think of going back there again?"
“Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”
9 "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.
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 But if a man walks by night, he does stumble, because the light is not in him."
But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”
11 He said this, and afterwards He added, "Our friend Lazarus is sleeping, but I will go and wake 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 "Master," said the disciples, "if he is asleep he will recover."
His disciples replied, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better.”
13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought He referred to the rest taken in ordinary sleep.
They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus.
14 So then He told them plainly,
So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,
15 "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."
and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
16 "Let us go also," Thomas, the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "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 On His arrival Jesus found that Lazarus had already been three days in the tomb.
When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.
18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, the distance being a little less than two miles;
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away,
19 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.
and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.
20 Martha, however, as soon as she heard the tidings, "Jesus is coming," went to meet Him; but Mary remained sitting in the house.
So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him; but Mary stayed at home.
21 So Martha came and spoke to Jesus. "Master, if you had been here," she said, "my brother would not have died.
Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 And even now I know that whatever you ask God for, God will give you."
But even now I know that God will give You whatever You ask of Him.”
23 "Your brother shall rise again," replied Jesus.
“Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her.
24 "I know," said Martha, "that he will rise again at the resurrection, on the last day."
Martha replied, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 "I am the Resurrection and the Life," said Jesus; "he who believes in me, even if he has died, he shall live;
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
26 and every one who is living and is a believer in me shall never, never die. Do you believe this?" (aiōn g165)
And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” (aiōn g165)
27 "Yes, Master," she replied; "I thoroughly believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come 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 After saying this, she went and called her sister Mary privately, telling her, "The Rabbi is here and is asking for 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 So she, on hearing that, rose up quickly to go to Him.
And when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him.
30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.
Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.
31 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.
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 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."
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 Seeing her weeping aloud, and the Jews in like manner weeping who had come with her, Jesus, curbing the strong emotion of His spirit,
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
34 though deeply troubled, asked them, "Where have you laid him?" "Master, come and see," was their reply.
“Where have you put him?” He asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they answered.
35 Jesus wept.
Jesus wept.
36 "See how dear he held him," said the Jews.
Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
37 But others of them asked, "Was this man who opened the blind man's eyes unable to prevent this man from dying?"
But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
38 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.
Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
39 "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."
“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 "Did I not promise you," replied Jesus, "that if you believe, you shall see the glory of God?"
Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
41 So they removed the stone. Then Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, "Father, I thank Thee that Thou hast 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 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."
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 After speaking thus, He called out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out."
After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
44 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."
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 Thereupon a considerable number of the Jews--namely those who had come to Mary and had witnessed His deeds--became believers in Him;
Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
46 though some of them went off to the Pharisees and told them what He had done.
But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47 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.
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 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."
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 But one of them, named Caiaphas, being High Priest that year, said, "You know nothing about it.
But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
50 You do not reflect that it is to your interest that one man should die for the people rather than 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 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,
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 in order to unite into one body all the far-scattered children of God.
and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.
53 So from that day forward they planned and schemed in order to put Him to death.
So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.
54 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.
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 The Jewish Passover was coming near, and many from that district went up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to 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 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?"
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 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.
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.
