John 11
1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters Mary and Martha.
2 It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
Mary 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.
3 The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”
So the sisters sent a message to Jesus: “Lord, your close friend is sick.”
4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”
When 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.”
5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
Even though Jesus loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus,
6 When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.
and had heard that Lazarus was sick, he remained where he was for two more days.
7 Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let’s go into Judea again.”
Then he told the disciples, “Let's return to Judea.”
8 The disciples asked him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you. Are you going there again?”
The 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 Jesus answered, “Aren’t there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
“Aren't there twelve hours in a day?” Jesus replied.
10 But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn’t in him.”
“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.”
11 He said these things, and after that, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep.”
After telling them this, he said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I'm going to go there and wake him up!”
12 The disciples therefore said, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”
The disciples said, “Lord, if he's sleeping then he'll get better.”
13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.
Jesus had been referring to the death of Lazarus, but the disciples thought he meant actual sleep.
14 So Jesus said to them plainly then, “Lazarus is dead.
So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
15 I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let’s go to him.”
For 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.”
16 Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s also go, that we may die with him.”
Thomas, the Twin, said to his fellow-disciples, “Let's go too so we can die with him.”
17 So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
When he arrived, Jesus learned that Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days.
18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.
Bethany was just two miles from Jerusalem,
19 Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.
and many Jews had come to console Mary and Martha at the loss of their brother.
20 Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house.
When Martha found out that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.
21 Therefore Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.
Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you'd been here, my brother wouldn't have died.
22 Even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.”
But I'm certain that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
“I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day,” Martha answered.
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who trust in me will live, even though they die.
All who live in me and trust in me will never die. Do you believe this?” (aiōn g165)
27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God’s Son, he who comes into the world.”
“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one expected to come to this world.”
28 When she had said this, she went away and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, “The Teacher is here and is calling you.”
When she had said this, she went and told her sister Mary in private, “The Teacher's here, and asking to see you.”
29 When she heard this, she arose quickly and went to him.
As soon as she heard, Mary quickly got up and went to see him.
30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.
Jesus hadn't arrived in the village yet. He was still at the place where Martha had met him.
31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”
The 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.
32 Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.”
When 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.”
33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit and was troubled,
When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying as well, he was very troubled and upset.
34 and said, “Where have you laid him?” They told him, “Lord, come and see.”
“Where have you laid him?” he asked. They replied, “Lord, come and see.”
35 Jesus wept.
Then Jesus cried too.
36 The Jews therefore said, “See how much affection he had for him!”
“See how much he loved him,” the Jews said.
37 Some of them said, “Couldn’t this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?”
But some of them said, “If he could open the eyes of a blind man, couldn't he have kept Lazarus from dying?”
38 Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
Very troubled, Jesus went to the tomb. It was a cave with a large stone placed at the entrance.
39 Jesus 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.”
“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 Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see God’s glory?”
“Didn't I tell you that if you trusted me you would see God's glory?” Jesus replied.
41 So 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 listened to me.
So they removed the stone. Jesus looked heavenwards, and said, “Father, thank you for listening to me.
42 I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude standing around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me.”
I know you always listen to me. I said this because of the crowd standing here so that they will believe that you sent me.”
43 When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
After saying this, Jesus shouted, “Lazarus, come out!”
44 He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Free him, and let him go.”
The 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.
45 Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did believed in him.
Consequently many of the Jews who had come to comfort Mary and who saw what Jesus did put their trust in him.
46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.
But others went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What are we doing? For this man does many signs.
Then 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.
48 If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
If 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.”
49 But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,
“You don't understand anything!” said Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
50 nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”
“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?”
51 Now he didn’t say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
He didn't say this on his own behalf, but as chief priest that year he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation.
52 and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
And 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.
53 So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.
From that time on they plotted how they might kill Jesus.
54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples.
So 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.
55 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover, and many people went from the countryside to Jerusalem to purify themselves for the Passover.
56 Then they sought for Jesus and spoke with one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think—that he isn’t coming to the feast at all?”
People 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?”
57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.
The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it so they could arrest him.
