John 11

¹Now there was a certain sick man, Lazarus of Bethania, from the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

²And Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was sick.

³Therefore, his sisters sent to him, saying: “Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick.”

⁴Then, upon hearing this, Jesus said to them: “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.”

⁵Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister Mary, and Lazarus.

⁶Even so, after he heard that he was sick, he then still remained in the same place for two days.

⁷Then, after these things, he said to his disciples, “Let us go into Judea again.”

⁸The disciples said to him: “Rabbi, the Jews are even now seeking to stone you. And would you go there again?”

⁹Jesus responded: “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the daylight, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

¹⁰But if he walks in the nighttime, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

¹¹He said these things, and after this, he said to them: “Lazarus our friend is sleeping. But I am going, so that I may awaken him from sleep.”

¹²And so his disciples said, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he shall be healthy.”

¹³But Jesus had spoken about his death. Yet they thought that he spoke about the repose of sleep.

¹⁴Therefore, Jesus then said to them plainly, “Lazarus has died.

¹⁵And I am glad for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”

¹⁶And then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us go, too, so that we may die with him.”

¹⁷And so Jesus went. And he found that he had already been in the tomb for four days.

¹⁸(Now Bethania was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia.)

¹⁹And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, so as to console them over their brother.

²⁰Therefore, Martha, when she heard that Jesus was arriving, went out to meet him. But Mary was sitting at home.

²¹And then Martha said to Jesus: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

²²But even now, I know that whatever you will request from God, God will give to you.”

²³Jesus said to her, “Your brother shall rise again.”

²⁴Martha said to him, “I know that he shall rise again, at the resurrection on the last day.”

²⁵Jesus said to her: “I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in me, even though he has died, he shall live.

²⁶And everyone who lives and believes in me shall not die for eternity. Do you believe this?”

²⁷She said to him: “Certainly, Lord. I have believed that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God, who has come into this world.”

²⁸And when she had said these things, she went and called her sister Mary quietly, saying, “The Teacher is here, and he is calling you.”

²⁹When she heard this, she rose up quickly and went to him.

³⁰For Jesus had not yet arrived in the town. But he was still at that place where Martha had met him.

³¹Therefore, the Jews who were with her in the house and who were consoling her, when they had seen that Mary rose up quickly and went out, they followed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb, so that she may weep there.”

³²Therefore, when Mary had arrived to where Jesus was, seeing him, she fell down at his feet, and she said to him. “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”

³³And then, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had arrived with her weeping, he groaned in spirit and became troubled.

³⁴And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”

³⁵And Jesus wept.

³⁶Therefore, the Jews said, “See how much he loved him!”

³⁷But some of them said, “Would not he who opened the eyes of one born blind have been able to cause this man not to die?”

³⁸Therefore, Jesus, again groaning from within himself, went to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone had been placed over it.

³⁹Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who had died, said to him, “Lord, by now it will smell, for this is the fourth day.”

⁴⁰Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe, you shall see the glory of God?”

⁴¹Therefore, they took away the stone. Then, lifting up his eyes, Jesus said: “Father, I give thanks to you because you have heard me.

⁴²And I know that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the people who are standing nearby, so that they may believe that you have sent me.”

⁴³When he had said these things, he cried in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.”

⁴⁴And immediately, he who had been dead went forth, bound at the feet and hands with winding bands. And his face was bound with a separate cloth. Jesus said to them, “Release him and let him go.”

⁴⁵Therefore, many of the Jews, who had come to Mary and Martha, and who had seen the things that Jesus did, believed in him.

⁴⁶But certain ones among them went to the Pharisees and told them the things that Jesus had done.

⁴⁷And so, the high priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and they were saying: “What can we do? For this man accomplishes many signs.

⁴⁸If we leave him alone, in this way all will believe in him. And then the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation.”

⁴⁹Then one of them, named Caiaphas, since he was the high priest that year, said to them: “You do not understand anything.

⁵⁰Nor do you realize that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the entire nation should not perish.”

⁵¹Yet he did not say this from himself, but since he was the high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation.

⁵²And not only for the nation, but in order to gather together as one the children of God who have been dispersed.

⁵³Therefore, from that day, they planned to put him to death.

⁵⁴And so, Jesus no longer walked in public with the Jews. But he went into a region near the desert, to a city which is called Ephraim. And he lodged there with his disciples.

⁵⁵Now the Passover of the Jews was near. And many from the countryside ascended to Jerusalem before the Passover, so that they might sanctify themselves.

⁵⁶Therefore, they were seeking Jesus. And they conferred with one another, while standing in the temple: “What do you think? Will he come to the feast day?”

⁵⁷And the high priests and Pharisees had given an order, so that if anyone would know where he may be, he should reveal it, so that they might apprehend him.

John 11

¹Now there was a certain man sick, named Lazarus, of Bethania, of the town of Mary and of Martha her sister.

²(And Mary was she that anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair: whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

³His sisters therefore sent to him, saying: Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

⁴And Jesus hearing it, said to them: 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 Mary and Lazarus.

⁶When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he still remained in the same place two days.

⁷Then after that, he said to his disciples: Let us go into Judea again.

⁸The disciples say to him: Rabbi, the Jews but now sought to stone thee. And goest thou thither again?

⁹Jesus answered: Are there not twelve hours of the day? If a man walk in the day he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world:

¹⁰But if he walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.

¹¹These things he said; and after that he said to them: Lazarus our friend sleepeth: but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.

¹²His disciples therefore said: Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.

¹³But Jesus spoke of his death: and they thought that he spoke of the repose of sleep.

¹⁴Then therefore Jesus said to them plainly: Lazarus is dead.

¹⁵And I am glad, for your sakes; that I was not there, that you may believe. But, let us go to him.

¹⁶Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples: Let us also go, that we may die with him.

¹⁷Jesus therefore came: and found that he had been four days already in the grave.

¹⁸(Now Bethania was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.)

¹⁹And many of the Jews were come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

²⁰Martha therefore, as soon as she heard that Jesus was come, went to meet him: but Mary sat at home.

²¹Martha therefore said to Jesus: Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

²²But now also I know that whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.

²³Jesus saith to her: Thy brother shall rise again.

²⁴Martha saith to him: I know that he shall rise again, in the resurrection at the last day.

²⁵Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live:

²⁶And every one that liveth and believeth in me shall not die for ever. Believest thou this?

²⁷She saith to him: Yea, Lord, I have believed that thou art Christ, the Son of the living God, who art come into this world.

²⁸And when she had said these things, she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying: The master is come and calleth for thee.

²⁹She, as soon as she heard this, riseth quickly and cometh to him.

³⁰For Jesus was not yet come into the town: but he was still in that place where Martha had met him.

³¹The Jews therefore, who were with her in the house and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up speedily and went out, followed her, saying: She goeth to the grave to weep there.

³²When Mary therefore was come where Jesus was, seeing him, she fell down at his feet and saith to him. Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

³³Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews that were come with her weeping, groaned in the spirit and troubled himself,

³⁴And said: Where have you laid him? They say to him: Lord, come and see.

³⁵And Jesus wept.

³⁶The Jews therefore said: Behold how he loved him.

³⁷But some of them said: Could not he that opened the eyes of the man born blind have caused that this man should not die?

³⁸Jesus therefore again groaning in himself, cometh to the sepulchre. Now it was a cave; and a stone was laid over it.

³⁹Jesus saith: Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith to him: Lord, by this time he stinketh, for he is now of four days.

⁴⁰Jesus saith to her: Did not I say to thee that if thou believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?

⁴¹They took therefore the stone away. And Jesus lifting up his eyes, said: Father, I give thee thanks that thou hast heard me.

⁴²And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people who stand about have I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

⁴³When he had said these things, he cried with a loud voice: Lazarus, come forth.

⁴⁴And presently he that had been dead came forth, bound feet and hands with winding bands. And his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus said to them: Loose him and let him go.

⁴⁵Many therefore of the Jews, who were come to Mary and Martha and had seen the things that Jesus did, believed in him.

⁴⁶But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them the things that Jesus had done.

⁴⁷The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council and said: What do we, for this man doth many miracles?

⁴⁸If we let him alone so, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and take away our place and nation.

⁴⁹But one of them, named Caiphas, being the high priest that year, said to them: You know nothing.

⁵⁰Neither do you consider that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people and that the whole nation perish not.

⁵¹And this he spoke not of himself: but being the high priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation.

⁵²And not only for the nation, but to gather together in one the children of God that were dispersed.

⁵³From that day therefore they devised to put him to death.

⁵⁴Wherefore Jesus walked no more openly among the Jews: but he went into a country near the desert, unto a city that is called Ephrem. And there he abode with his disciples.

⁵⁵And the pasch of the Jews was at hand: and many from the country went up to Jerusalem, before the pasch, to purify themselves.

⁵⁶They sought therefore for Jesus; and they discoursed one with another, standing in the temple: What think you that he is not come to the festival day? And the chief priests and Pharisees had given a commandment that, if any man knew where he was, he should tell, that they might apprehend him.

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