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The Death of Lazarus
Now there was a certain [man] sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister.
Now there was a certain [man] sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister.
The Death and Resurrection of Lazarus
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
It was [the] Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.”
But when Jesus heard [it], he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by it.
But when Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness is not to end in death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.”
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
When therefore he heard, He is sick, he remained two days then in the place where he was.
So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was.
Then after this he says to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
Then after this He said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”
The disciples say to him, Rabbi, [even but] now the Jews sought to stone thee, and goest thou thither again?
The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone You, and are You going there again?”
Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walk in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world;
Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
but if any one walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.
“But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”
These things said he; and after this he says to them, Lazarus, our friend, is fallen asleep, but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.
This He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep.”
The disciples therefore said to him, Lord, if he be fallen asleep, he will get well.
The disciples then said to Him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”
But Jesus spoke of his death, but *they* thought that he spoke of the rest of sleep.
Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of literal sleep.
Jesus therefore then said to them plainly, Lazarus has died.
So Jesus then said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,
And I rejoice on your account that I was not there, in order that ye may believe. But let us go to him.
and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let us go to him.”
Thomas therefore, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, Let *us* also go, that we may die with him.
Therefore Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”
Jesus Comforts Martha and Mary
Jesus therefore [on] arriving found him to have been four days already in the tomb.
Jesus therefore [on] arriving found him to have been four days already in the tomb.
So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia off,
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off;
and many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, that they might console them concerning their brother.
and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.
Martha then, when she heard Jesus is coming, went to meet him; but Mary sat in the house.
Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but Mary stayed at the house.
Martha therefore said to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;
Martha then said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
but even now I know, that whatsoever thou shalt ask of God, God will give thee.
“Even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.”
Jesus says to her, Thy brother shall rise again.
Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
Martha says to him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection in the last day.
Martha said to Him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”
Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believes on me, though he have died, shall live;
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies,
and every one who lives and believes on me shall never die. Believest thou this?
and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
She says to him, Yea, Lord; I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who should come into the world.
She said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God, even He who comes into the world.”
And having said this, she went away and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, The teacher is come and calls thee.
When she had said this, she went away and called Mary her sister, saying secretly, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”
She, when she heard [that], rises up quickly and comes to him.
And when she heard it, she got up quickly and was coming to Him.
Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha came to meet him.
Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha met Him.
The Jews therefore who were with her in the house and consoling her, seeing Mary that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, She goes to the tomb, that she may weep there.
Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and consoling her, when they saw that Mary got up quickly and went out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
Mary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, seeing him, fell at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
Therefore, when Mary came where Jesus was, she saw Him, and fell at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, was deeply moved in spirit, and was troubled,
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled,
and said, Where have ye put him? They say to him, Lord, come and see.
and said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”
The Jews therefore said, Behold how he loved him!
So the Jews were saying, “See how He loved him!”
And some of them said, Could not this [man], who has opened the eyes of the blind [man], have caused that this [man] also should not have died?
But some of them said, “Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have kept this man also from dying?”
Jesus Raises Lazarus
Jesus therefore, again deeply moved in himself, comes to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
Jesus therefore, again deeply moved in himself, comes to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
So Jesus, again being deeply moved within, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.
Jesus says, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the dead, says to him, Lord, he stinks already, for he is four days [there].
Jesus said, “Remove the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there will be a stench, for he has been dead four days.”
Jesus says to her, Did I not say to thee, that if thou shouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
They took therefore the stone away. And Jesus lifted up his eyes on high and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me;
So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes, and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
but I knew that thou always hearest me; but on account of the crowd who stand around I have said [it], that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
“I knew that You always hear Me; but because of the people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that You sent Me.”
And having said this, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
When He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth.”
And the dead came forth, bound feet and hands with graveclothes, and his face was bound round with a handkerchief. Jesus says to them, Loose him and let him go.
The man who had died came forth, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
The Plot to Kill Jesus
Many therefore of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what he had done, believed on him;
Many therefore of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what he had done, believed on him;
Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what He had done, believed in Him.
but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.
The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many signs.
Conspiracy to Kill Jesus
Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council, and were saying, “What are we doing? For this man is performing many signs.
If we let him thus alone, all will believe on him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.
“If we let Him go on like this, all men will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, Ye know nothing
But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,
nor consider that it is profitable for you that one man die for the people, and not that the whole nation perish.
nor do you take into account that it is expedient for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”
But this he did not say of himself; but, being high priest that year, prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation;
Now he did not say this on his own initiative, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,
and not for the nation only, but that he should also gather together into one the children of God who were scattered abroad.
and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
From that day therefore they took counsel that they might kill him.
So from that day on they planned together to kill Him.
Jesus therefore walked no longer openly among the Jews, but went away thence into the country near the desert, to a city called Ephraim, and there he sojourned with the disciples.
Therefore Jesus no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.
But the passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves.
Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the Passover to purify themselves.
They sought therefore Jesus, and said among themselves, standing in the temple, What do ye think? that he will not come to the feast?
So they were seeking for Jesus, and were saying to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think; that He will not come to the feast at all?”