John 11
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1And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister —
2and it was Mary who did anoint the Lord with ointment, and did wipe his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ailing —
3therefore sent the sisters unto him, saying, ‘Sir, lo, he whom thou dost love is ailing;’
4and Jesus having heard, said, ‘This ailment is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.’
5And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,
6when, therefore, he heard that he is ailing, then indeed he remained in the place in which he was two days,
7then after this, he saith to the disciples, ‘We may go to Judea again;’
8the disciples say to him, ‘Rabbi, now were the Jews seeking to stone thee, and again thou dost go thither!’
9Jesus answered, ‘Are there not twelve hours in the day? if any one may walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because the light of this world he doth see;
10and if any one may walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.’
11These things he said, and after this he saith to them, ‘Lazarus our friend hath fallen asleep, but I go on that I may awake him;’
12therefore said his disciples, ‘Sir, if he hath fallen asleep, he will be saved;’
13but Jesus had spoken about his death, but they thought that about the repose of sleep he speaketh.
14Then, therefore, Jesus said to them freely, ‘Lazarus hath died;
15and I rejoice, for your sake, (that ye may believe,) that I was not there; but we may go to him;’
16therefore said Thomas, who is called Didymus, to the fellow-disciples, ‘We may go — we also, that we may die with him,’
17Jesus, therefore, having come, found him having been four days already in the tomb.
18And Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off,
19and many of the Jews had come unto Martha and Mary, that they might comfort them concerning their brother;
20Martha, therefore, when she heard that Jesus doth come, met him, and Mary kept sitting in the house.
21Martha, therefore, said unto Jesus, ‘Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;
22but even now, I have known that whatever thou mayest ask of God, God will give to thee;’
23Jesus saith to her, ‘Thy brother shall rise again.’
24Martha saith to him, ‘I have known that he will rise again, in the rising again in the last day;’
25Jesus said to her, ‘I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live;
26and every one who is living and believing in me shall not die — to the age;
27believest thou this?’ she saith to him, ‘Yes, sir, I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming to the world.’
28And these things having said, she went away, and called Mary her sister privately, saying, ‘The Teacher is present, and doth call thee;’
29she, when she heard, riseth up quickly, and doth come to him;
30and Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was in the place where Martha met him;
31the 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 doth go away to the tomb, that she may weep there.’
32Mary, therefore, when she came where Jesus was, having seen him, fell at his feet, saying to him, ‘Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;’
33Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, did groan in the spirit, and troubled himself, and he said,
34‘Where have ye laid him?’ they say to him, ‘Sir, come and see;’
35Jesus wept.
36The Jews, therefore, said, ‘Lo, how he was loving him!’
37and certain of them said, ‘Was not this one, who did open the eyes of the blind man, able to cause that also this one might not have died?’
38Jesus, therefore, again groaning in himself, cometh to the tomb, and it was a cave, and a stone was lying upon it,
39Jesus saith, ‘Take ye away the stone;’ the sister of him who hath died — Martha — saith to him, ‘Sir, already he stinketh, for he is four days dead;’
40Jesus saith to her, ‘Said I not to thee, that if thou mayest believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?’
41They took away, therefore, the stone where the dead was laid, and Jesus lifted his eyes upwards, and said, ‘Father, I thank Thee, that Thou didst hear me;
42and I knew that Thou always dost hear me, but, because of the multitude that is standing by, I said [it], that they may believe that Thou didst send me.’
43And these things saying, with a loud voice he cried out, ‘Lazarus, come forth;’
44and he who died came forth, being bound feet and hands with grave-clothes, and his visage with a napkin was bound about; Jesus saith to them, ‘Loose him, and suffer to go.’
45Many, therefore, of the Jews who came unto Mary, and beheld what Jesus did, believed in him;
46but certain of them went away unto the Pharisees, and told them what Jesus did;
47the chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered together a sanhedrim, and said, ‘What may we do? because this man doth many signs?
48if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.’
49And a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being chief priest of that year, said to them, ‘Ye have not known anything,
50nor reason that it is good for us that one man may die for the people, and not the whole nation perish.’
51And this he said not of himself, but being chief priest of that year, he did prophesy that Jesus was about to die for the nation,
52and not for the nation only, but that also the children of God, who have been scattered abroad, he may gather together into one.
53From that day, therefore, they took counsel together that they may kill him;
54Jesus, therefore, was no more freely walking among the Jews, but went away thence to the region nigh the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he tarried with his disciples.
55And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves;
56they were seeking, therefore, Jesus, and said one with another, standing in the temple, ‘What doth appear to you — that he may not come to the feast?’
57and both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if any one may know where he is, he may shew [it], so that they may seize him.
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John 11
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1A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters#11:1. In the original it states that Lazarus lived in Bethany with Mary and her sister Martha. However, in verse 2 it's mentioned that Lazarus is Mary's brother, so their relationship is best identified at the outset. Mary and Martha. 2Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus who was sick. 3So the sisters sent a message to Jesus: “Lord, your close friend is sick.” 4When Jesus heard the news he said, “The end result of this sickness will not be death. Through this God's glory will be revealed so that the Son of God may be glorified.”
5Even though Jesus loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, 6and had heard that Lazarus was sick, he remained where he was for two more days. 7Then he told the disciples, “Let's return to Judea.”
8The disciples replied, “Rabbi, just a few days ago the Jews were trying to stone you. Do you really want to go back there now?”
9“Aren't there twelve hours in a day?” Jesus replied. 10“If you walk during the day you don't stumble because you can see where you're going by the light of this world. But if you walk during the night you stumble because you have no light.” 11After telling them this, he said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I'm going to go there and wake him up!”
12The disciples said, “Lord, if he's sleeping then he'll get better.”
13Jesus had been referring to the death of Lazarus, but the disciples thought he meant actual sleep.#11:13. In the New Testament death is represented as a sleep. 14So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. 15For your sake I'm glad I wasn't there, because now you will be able to trust in me. Let's go and see him.”
16Thomas, the Twin, said to his fellow-disciples, “Let's go too so we can die with him.”#11:16. Meaning Jesus.
17When he arrived, Jesus learned that Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days. 18Bethany was just two miles from Jerusalem, 19and many Jews had come to console Mary and Martha at the loss of their brother. 20When Martha found out that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.
21Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you'd been here, my brother wouldn't have died. 22But I'm certain that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”
23Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24“I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day,” Martha answered.
25Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who trust in me will live, even though they die. 26All who live in me and trust in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
27“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one expected to come to this world.”
28When she had said this, she went and told her sister Mary in private, “The Teacher's here, and asking to see you.”
29As soon as she heard, Mary quickly got up and went to see him. 30Jesus hadn't arrived in the village yet. He was still at the place where Martha had met him. 31The Jews who had been comforting Mary in the home saw how she'd got up quickly and left. So they followed her, thinking she was going to the tomb to weep there. 32When Mary arrived at the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you'd been here, my brother wouldn't have died.”
33When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying as well, he was very troubled#11:33. The word used here expresses intense emotion, even anger. Also used in verse 38. and upset. 34“Where have you laid him?” he asked.
They replied, “Lord, come and see.”
35Then Jesus cried too. 36“See how much he loved him,” the Jews said.
37But some of them said, “If he could open the eyes of a blind man, couldn't he have kept Lazarus from dying?”
38Very troubled, Jesus went to the tomb. It was a cave with a large stone placed at the entrance.
39“Remove the stone,” Jesus told them.
But Martha, the dead man's sister, said, “Lord, by now there will be a terrible smell, for he's been dead for four days.”
40“Didn't I tell you that if you trusted me you would see God's glory?” Jesus replied.
41So they removed the stone. Jesus looked heavenwards, and said, “Father, thank you for listening to me. 42I know you always listen to me. I said this because of the crowd standing here so that they will believe that you sent me.”
43After saying this, Jesus shouted, “Lazarus, come out!”
44The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of linen, and with a cloth around his face.
“Unbind him and set him free,” Jesus told them.
45Consequently many of the Jews who had come to comfort Mary and who saw what Jesus did put their trust in him. 46But others went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the ruling council. “What shall we do?” they asked. “This man is doing many miracles. 48If we allow him to continue, everybody will believe in him, and then the Romans will destroy both the Temple and our status as a nation.”#11:48. Literally, “the place and the nation.”
49“You don't understand anything!” said Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. 50“Can't you see that it's better for you that one man die for the people so that the whole nation won't be destroyed?” 51He didn't say this on his own behalf, but as chief priest that year he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation. 52And this was not just for the Jewish nation, but for all the scattered children of God so that they might be gathered together and be made into one.
53From that time on they made plans as to how they might kill Jesus. 54So Jesus did not travel openly among the Jews but went to a town called Ephraim in the region near the desert and stayed there with his disciples.
55It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover, and many people went from the countryside to Jerusalem to purify#11:55. By a series of religious rituals. themselves for the Passover. 56People were looking for Jesus and talking about him as they stood in the Temple. “What do you think?” they asked each other. “Isn't he coming to the festival?” 57The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it so they could arrest him.
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