Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha. It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick. The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, \u201cLord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.\u201d But when Jesus heard it, he said, \u201cThis sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God\u2019s Son may be glorified by it.\u201d Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was. Then after this he said to the disciples, \u201cLet\u2019s go into Judea again.\u201d
\nThe disciples told him, \u201cRabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and are you going there again?\u201d
\nJesus answered, \u201cAren\u2019t there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn\u2019t stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn\u2019t in him.\u201d He said these things, and after that, he said to them, \u201cOur friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep.\u201d
\nThe disciples therefore said, \u201cLord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.\u201d
\nNow Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep. So Jesus said to them plainly then, \u201cLazarus is dead. I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let\u2019s go to him.\u201d
\nThomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, \u201cLet\u2019s go also, that we may die with him.\u201d
\nSo when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia\u2020 away. Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother. Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house. Therefore Martha said to Jesus, \u201cLord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn\u2019t have died. Even now I know that, whatever you ask of God, God will give you.\u201d Jesus said to her, \u201cYour brother will rise again.\u201d
\nMartha said to him, \u201cI know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.\u201d
\nJesus said to her, \u201c He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?\u201d
\nShe said to him, \u201cYes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God\u2019s Son, he who comes into the world.\u201d
\nWhen she had said this, she went away, and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, \u201cThe Teacher is here, and is calling you.\u201d
\nWhen she heard this, she arose quickly, and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him. 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, \u201cShe is going to the tomb to weep there.\u201d Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, \u201cLord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn\u2019t have died.\u201d
\nWhen Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, and said, \u201cWhere have you laid him?\u201d
\nThey told him, \u201cLord, come and see.\u201d
\nJesus wept.
\nThe Jews therefore said, \u201cSee how much affection he had for him!\u201d Some of them said, \u201cCouldn\u2019t this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?\u201d
\nJesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it. Jesus said, \u201cTake away the stone.\u201d
\nMartha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, \u201cLord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.\u201d
\nJesus said to her, \u201cDidn\u2019t I tell you that if you believed, you would see God\u2019s glory?\u201d
\nSo they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, \u201cFather, I thank you that you listened to me. I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude that stands around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me.\u201d When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, \u201cLazarus, come out!\u201d
\nHe who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth.
\nJesus said to them, \u201cFree him, and let him go.\u201d
\nTherefore many of the Jews, who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did, believed in him. But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them the things which Jesus had done. The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, \u201cWhat are we doing? For this man does many signs. 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.\u201d
\nBut a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, \u201cYou know nothing at all, 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.\u201d Now he didn\u2019t say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death. 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.
\nNow the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves. Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another, as they stood in the temple, \u201cWhat do you think\u2014that he isn\u2019t coming to the feast at all?\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
(John 11:1-57 WEB)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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