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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 of Lazarus
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town 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 that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil 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.
Therefore the sisters sent 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.
When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through 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 stayed two more days 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, lately the Jews sought 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 one 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.
These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.”
The disciples therefore said to him, Lord, if he be fallen asleep, he will get well.
Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.”
But Jesus spoke of his death, but *they* thought that he spoke of the rest of sleep.
However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep.
Jesus therefore then said to them plainly, Lazarus has died.
Then Jesus 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, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.”
Thomas therefore, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, Let *us* also go, that we may die with him.
Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, 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.
I Am the Resurrection and the Life
So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.
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,
and many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, that they might console them concerning their brother.
And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
Martha then, when she heard Jesus is coming, went to meet him; but Mary sat in the house.
Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house.
Martha therefore said to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;
Now Martha 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.
But 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 at 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, though he may die, he shall live.
and every one who lives and believes on me shall never die. Believest thou this?
And whoever lives and believes in Me shall 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 believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
And having said this, she went away and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, The teacher is come and calls thee.
Jesus and Death, the Last Enemy
And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, “The Teacher has come and is calling for you.”
And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, “The Teacher has come and is calling for you.”
She, when she heard [that], rises up quickly and comes to him.
As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to Him.
Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha came to meet 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.
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.
Then, when Mary came 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.”
Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, was deeply moved in spirit, and was troubled,
Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled.
and said, Where have ye put him? They say to him, Lord, come and see.
And He said, “Where have you laid him?”
They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”
They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”
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?
And some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man 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.
Lazarus Raised from the Dead
Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay 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, “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.”
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.”
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 would believe you would 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;
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.
And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.”
And having said this, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
Now when He had said these things, He cried 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.
And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose 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;
The Plot to Kill Jesus
Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him.
Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him.
but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them the things Jesus did.
The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many signs.
Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, “What shall we do? For this Man works 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 alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.”
But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, Ye know nothing
And one of them, Caiaphas, being 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.
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 this he did not say on his own authority; but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would 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 that nation only, but also that He would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.
From that day therefore they took counsel that they might kill him.
Then, from that day on, they plotted to put Him to death.
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 walked openly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there remained with His 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.
And the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem 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?
Then they sought Jesus, and spoke among themselves as they stood in the temple, “What do you think — that He will not come to the feast?”
Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment that if any one knew where he was, he should make it known, that they might take him.
Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it, that they might seize Him.