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The Death of Lazarus
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
The Raising of Lazarus
A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha.
A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha.
(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
So the two sisters sent a message to Jesus telling him, “Lord, your dear friend is very sick.”
When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
But when Jesus heard about it he said, “Lazarus’s sickness will not end in death. No, it happened for the glory of God so that the Son of God will receive glory from this.”
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
So although Jesus loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus,
When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
he stayed where he was for the next two days.
Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
Finally, he said to his disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.”
His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
Jesus replied, “There are twelve hours of daylight every day. During the day people can walk safely. They can see because they have the light of this world.
But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
But at night there is danger of stumbling because they have no light.”
These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
Then he said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but now I will go and wake him up.”
Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
The disciples said, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will soon get better!”
Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
They thought Jesus meant Lazarus was simply sleeping, but Jesus meant Lazarus had died.
Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
So he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
And for your sakes, I’m glad I wasn’t there, for now you will really believe. Come, let’s go see him.”
Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
Jesus Comforts Martha and Mary
Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
When Jesus arrived at Bethany, he was told that Lazarus had already been in his grave for four days.
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
and many of the people had come to console Martha and Mary in their loss.
Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.
When Martha got word that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him. But Mary stayed in the house.
Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died.
But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.
But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask.”
Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise again.”
Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
“Yes,” Martha said, “he will rise when everyone else rises, at the last day.”
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this, Martha?”
She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
“Yes, Lord,” she told him. “I have always believed you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who has come into the world from God.”
And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
Then she returned to Mary. She called Mary aside from the mourners and told her, “The Teacher is here and wants to see you.”
As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.
So Mary immediately went to him.
Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.
Jesus had stayed outside the village, at the place where Martha met him.
The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
When the people who were at the house consoling Mary saw her leave so hastily, they assumed she was going to Lazarus’s grave to weep. So they followed her there.
Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
When Mary arrived and saw Jesus, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
“Where have you put him?” he asked them.
They told him, “Lord, come and see.”
They told him, “Lord, come and see.”
Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
The people who were standing nearby said, “See how much he loved him!”
And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
But some said, “This man healed a blind man. Couldn’t he have kept Lazarus from dying?”
Jesus Raises Lazarus
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
Jesus was still angry as he arrived at the tomb, a cave with a stone rolled across its entrance.
Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.
“Roll the stone aside,” Jesus told them.
But Martha, the dead man’s sister, protested, “Lord, he has been dead for four days. The smell will be terrible.”
But Martha, the dead man’s sister, protested, “Lord, he has been dead for four days. The smell will be terrible.”
Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
Jesus responded, “Didn’t I tell you that you would see God’s glory if you believe?”
Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
So they rolled the stone aside. Then Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, thank you for hearing me.
And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
You always hear me, but I said it out loud for the sake of all these people standing here, so that they will believe you sent me.”
And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
Then Jesus shouted, “Lazarus, come out!”
And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
And the dead man came out, his hands and feet bound in graveclothes, his face wrapped in a headcloth. Jesus told them, “Unwrap him and let him go!”
The Plot to Kill Jesus
Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
The Plot to Kill Jesus
Many of the people who were with Mary believed in Jesus when they saw this happen.
But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.
But some went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
You don’t realize that it’s better for you that one man should die for the people than for the whole nation to be destroyed.”
And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
He did not say this on his own; as high priest at that time he was led to prophesy that Jesus would die for the entire nation.
And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
And not only for that nation, but to bring together and unite all the children of God scattered around the world.
Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
So from that time on, the Jewish leaders began to plot Jesus’ death.
Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
As a result, Jesus stopped his public ministry among the people and left Jerusalem. He went to a place near the wilderness, to the village of Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.
And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
It was now almost time for the Jewish Passover celebration, and many people from all over the country arrived in Jerusalem several days early so they could go through the purification ceremony before Passover began.
Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?
They kept looking for Jesus, but as they stood around in the Temple, they said to each other, “What do you think? He won’t come for Passover, will he?”
Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.
Meanwhile, the leading priests and Pharisees had publicly ordered that anyone seeing Jesus must report it immediately so they could arrest him.