Jun. 5, 6
John 11
Joh 11:1 Now a certain
man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her
sister, Martha.
Joh 11:2 It was that
Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with
her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.
Joh 11:3 The sisters
therefore sent to him, saying, "Lord, behold, he for whom you
have great affection is sick."
Joh 11:4 But when Jesus
heard it, he said, "This sickness is not to death, but for the
glory of God, that God's Son may be glorified by it."
Joh 11:5 Now Jesus
loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
Joh 11:6 When therefore
he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he
was.
Joh 11:7 Then after
this he said to the disciples, "Let's go into Judea again."
Joh 11:8 The disciples
told him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and
are you going there again?"
Joh 11:9 Jesus
answered, "Aren't there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks
in the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this
world.
Joh 11:10 But if a man
walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn't in him."
Joh 11:11 He said these
things, and after that, he said to them, "Our friend, Lazarus,
has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of
sleep."
Joh 11:12 The disciples
therefore said, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will
recover."
Joh 11:13 Now Jesus had
spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in
sleep.
Joh 11:14 So Jesus said
to them plainly then, "Lazarus is dead.
Joh 11:15 I am glad for
your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe.
Nevertheless, let's go to him."
Joh 11:16 Thomas
therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples,
"Let's go also, that we may die with him."
Joh 11:17 So when Jesus
came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
Joh 11:18 Now Bethany
was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.
Joh 11:19 Many of the
Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them
concerning their brother.
Joh 11:20 Then when
Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary
stayed in the house.
Joh 11:21 Therefore
Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you would have been here, my
brother wouldn't have died.
Joh 11:22 Even now I
know that, whatever you ask of God, God will give you."
Joh 11:23 Jesus said to
her, "Your brother will rise again."
Joh 11:24 Martha said
to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at
the last day."
Joh 11:25 Jesus said to
her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me
will still live, even if he dies.
Joh 11:26 Whoever lives
and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
Joh 11:27 She said to
him, "Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ,
God's Son, he who comes into the world."
Joh 11:28 When she had
said this, she went away, and called Mary, her sister, secretly,
saying, "The Teacher is here, and is calling you."
Joh 11:29 When she
heard this, she arose quickly, and went to him.
Joh 11:30 Now Jesus had
not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met
him.
Joh 11:31 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,
"She is going to the tomb to weep there."
Joh 11:32 Therefore
when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his
feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you would have been here, my
brother wouldn't have died."
Joh 11:33 When Jesus
therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he
groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
Joh 11:34 and said,
"Where have you laid him?" They told him, "Lord, come
and see."
Joh 11:35 Jesus wept.
Joh 11:36 The Jews
therefore said, "See how much affection he had for him!"
Joh 11:37 Some of them
said, "Couldn't this man, who opened the eyes of him who was
blind, have also kept this man from dying?"
Joh 11:38 Jesus
therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a
cave, and a stone lay against it.
Joh 11:39 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."
Joh 11:40 Jesus said to
her, "Didn't I tell you that if you believed, you would see
God's glory?"
Joh 11:41 So they took
away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. Jesus
lifted up his eyes, and said, "Father, I thank you that you
listened to me.
Joh 11:42 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."
Joh 11:43 When he had
said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"
Joh 11:44 He who was
dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was
wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Free him, and
let him go."
Joh 11:45 Therefore
many of the Jews, who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did, believed
in him.
Joh 11:46 But some of
them went away to the Pharisees, and told them the things which Jesus
had done.
Joh 11:47 The chief
priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said,
"What are we doing? For this man does many signs.
Joh 11:48 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."
Joh 11:49 But a certain
one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them,
"You know nothing at all,
Joh 11:50 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."
Joh 11:51 Now he didn't
say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied
that Jesus would die for the nation,
Joh 11:52 and not for
the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the
children of God who are scattered abroad.
Joh 11:53 So from that
day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.
Joh 11:54 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.
Joh 11:55 Now the
Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to
Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
Joh 11:56 Then they
sought for Jesus and spoke one with another, as they stood in the
temple, "What do you think-that he isn't coming to the feast at
all?"
Joh 11:57 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.