John 11
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The Death of Lazarus
1#Mt 21:17Now a man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2#Jn 12:3; Mk 14:3This was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3#Jn 11:5; 11:36So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, he whom You love is sick.”
4#Jn 9:3; 11:40When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by it.” 5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. 6So when He heard that he was sick, He remained where He was two more days. 7Then after this He said to the disciples, “Let us go into Judea again.”
8#Jn 10:31; 8:59His disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone You. Are You going there again?”
9#Jn 9:4; 12:35Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks during the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10#Jer 13:16But if anyone walks during the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”
11#Da 12:2; Ac 7:60After He said this, He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going that I may awaken him from sleep.”
12Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will be well.” 13Jesus had spoken of his death. But they thought that He was speaking of getting rest through sleep.
14So then Jesus plainly told them, “Lazarus is dead. 15And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.”
16#Mt 10:3; Jn 21:2Then Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us go also, that we may die with Him.”
Jesus the Resurrection and the Life
17#Jn 11:39When Jesus arrived, He found that he had been in the tomb four days already. 18Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, less than two miles away.#Gk. 15 stadia, or about 3 kilometers. 19#Job 2:11; Jn 11:31Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. 20#Lk 10:38–42When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met Him, but Mary remained in the house.
21#Jn 11:32; 11:37Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 22#Jn 9:31; 11:41–42But even now I know that whatever You may ask of God, God will give You.”
23Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24#Jn 5:28–29; Ac 24:15Martha said to Him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”
25#Jn 1:4; 1Th 4:14Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, yet shall he live. 26And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
27#Mt 16:16; Jn 6:14She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
Jesus Weeps
28#Jn 13:13; Mt 26:18When she had said this, she went her way and secretly called her sister Mary, saying, “The Teacher has come and is calling for you.” 29When she heard this, she rose quickly and went to Him. 30Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was in the place where Martha met Him. 31#Jn 11:19When the Jews who were with Mary in the house, comforting her, saw that she quickly rose up and went out, they followed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”
32#Jn 11:21When Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33#Jn 11:38; 12:27When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. 34He said, “Where have you laid him?”
They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”
35#Lk 19:41; Jn 11:33Jesus wept.
36#Jn 11:3Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him.”
37#Jn 9:6–7But some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have also kept this man from dying?”
Lazarus Brought to Life
38#Mt 27:60; Jn 11:33Then Jesus, again groaning within Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. 39#Jn 11:17Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”
Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”
40#Jn 11:4; 11:23–26Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
41#Jn 17:1; Mt 11:25So they took away the stone 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#Jn 3:17; 17:21I know that You always hear Me. But because of the people standing around, I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.”
43When He had said this, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44#Jn 20:7; 19:40He who was dead came out, his hands and feet wrapped with grave clothes, and his face wrapped with a cloth.
Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
The Plot to Kill Jesus
Mt 26:1–5; Mk 14:1–2; Lk 22:1–2
45#Jn 2:23; 11:19Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what Jesus had done, believed in Him. 46But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47#Mt 26:3; 5:22Then the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled the Sanhedrin and said, “What shall we do? This Man is performing many signs. 48If we leave Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation.”
49#Mt 26:3; Jn 11:51Then one of them named Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, 50#Jn 18:14nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, that the whole nation should not perish.”
51#Ex 28:30; 1Sa 23:9He did not say this on his own authority. But being the high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, 52#Jn 10:16; Isa 49:6and not for the nation only, but that He might also gather together in unity the children of God who were scattered abroad. 53So from that day forward they planned to put Him to death.
54#Jn 7:1; 2Ch 13:19Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and remained there with His disciples.
55#Jn 2:13; 6:4Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up to Jerusalem from the country before the Passover to purify themselves. 56#Jn 7:11Then they searched for Jesus and said among themselves as they stood in the temple, “What do you think, that He will not come to the feast?” 57Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it, that they might seize Him.
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John 11
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The Death of Lazarus
1Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2(This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) 3So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.”
4When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” 5Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, 7and then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”
8“But Rabbi,” they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you, and yet you are going back?”
9Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light. 10It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.”
11After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.”
12His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.” 13Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.
14So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, 15and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
16Then Thomas (also known as Didymus#11:16 Thomas (Aramaic) and Didymus (Greek) both mean twin.) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
Jesus Comforts the Sisters of Lazarus
17On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18Now Bethany was less than two miles#11:18 Or about 3 kilometers from Jerusalem, 19and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. 20When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.
21“Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”
23Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
27“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
28After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.” 29When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. 30Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. 31When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
32When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. 34“Where have you laid him?” he asked.
“Come and see, Lord,” they replied.
35Jesus wept.
36Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
37But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead
38Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. 39“Take away the stone,” he said.
“But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”
40Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
41So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
43When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.
Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”
The Plot to Kill Jesus
45Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him. 46But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin.
“What are we accomplishing?” they asked. “Here is this man performing many signs. 48If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation.”
49Then one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up, “You know nothing at all! 50You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
51He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation, 52and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one. 53So from that day on they plotted to take his life.
54Therefore Jesus no longer moved about publicly among the people of Judea. Instead he withdrew to a region near the wilderness, to a village called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.
55When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, many went up from the country to Jerusalem for their ceremonial cleansing before the Passover. 56They kept looking for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple courts they asked one another, “What do you think? Isn’t he coming to the festival at all?” 57But the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who found out where Jesus was should report it so that they might arrest him.
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