John 11

And there was a certain one ailing , Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister --

and it was Mary who did anoint the Lord with ointment, and did wipe his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ailing --

therefore sent the sisters unto him, saying, `Sir , lo , he whom thou dost love is ailing;'

and Jesus having heard, said, ` This ailment is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it . '

And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus ,

when , therefore, he heard that he is ailing , then indeed he remained in the place in which he was two days,

then after this, he saith to the disciples, `We may go to Judea again ;'

the disciples say to him, `Rabbi , now were the Jews seeking to stone thee , and again thou dost go thither !'

Jesus answered, ` Are there not twelve hours in the day? if any one may walk in the day, he doth not stumble , because the light of this world he doth see;

and if any one may walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him. '

These things he said, and after this he saith to them, `Lazarus our friend hath fallen asleep, but I go on that I may awake him ;'

therefore said his disciples, `Sir , if he hath fallen asleep , he will be saved;'

but Jesus had spoken about his death , but they thought that about the repose of sleep he speaketh .

Then , therefore, Jesus said to them freely , ` Lazarus hath died;

and I rejoice, for your sake, ( that ye may believe,) that I was not there; but we may go to him ;'

therefore said Thomas, who is called Didymus, to the fellow-disciples , `We may go -- we also , that we may die with him ,'

Jesus, therefore, having come, found him having been four days already in the tomb .

And Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off ,

and many of the Jews had come unto Martha and Mary, that they might comfort them concerning their brother ;

Martha, therefore, when she heard that Jesus doth come , met him , and Mary kept sitting in the house.

Martha , therefore, said unto Jesus, `Sir , if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died ;

but even now, I have known that whatever thou mayest ask of God, God will give to thee ;'

Jesus saith to her, ` Thy brother shall rise again. '

Martha saith to him, ` I have known that he will rise again , in the rising again in the last day ;'

Jesus said to her, ` I am the rising again , and the life ; he who is believing in me, even if he may die , shall live ;

and every one who is living and believing in me shall not die -- to the age;

believest thou this?' she saith to him, `Yes , sir, I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming to the world. '

And these things having said, she went away , and called Mary her sister privately , saying, ` The Teacher is present , and doth call thee ;'

she, when she heard, riseth up quickly, and doth come to him ;

and Jesus had not yet come to the village , but was in the place where Martha met him ;

the Jews , therefore, who were with her in the house, and were comforting her, having seen Mary that she rose up quickly and went forth , followed her, saying -- ` She doth go away to the tomb, that she may weep there. '

Mary , therefore, when she came where Jesus was, having seen him, fell at his feet, saying to him, `Sir , if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died ;'

Jesus , therefore , when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping , did groan in the spirit, and troubled himself, and he said,

` Where have ye laid him? ' they say to him, `Sir , come and see ;'

Jesus wept.

The Jews, therefore, said, `Lo, how he was loving him! '

and certain of them said, `Was not this one , who did open the eyes of the blind man , able to cause that also this one might not have died? '

Jesus , therefore , again groaning in himself , cometh to the tomb, and it was a cave, and a stone was lying upon it ,

Jesus saith , ` Take ye away the stone ;' the sister of him who hath died -- Martha -- saith to him, `Sir , already he stinketh , for he is four days dead;'

Jesus saith to her, ` Said I not to thee, that if thou mayest believe, thou shalt see the glory of God? '

They took away , therefore, the stone where the dead was laid , and Jesus lifted his eyes upwards , and said, ` Father, I thank Thee , that Thou didst hear me ;

and I knew that Thou always dost hear me, but , because of the multitude that is standing by , I said ` it ' , that they may believe that Thou didst send me. '

And these things saying , with a loud voice he cried out , ` Lazarus, come forth ;'

and he who died came forth, being bound feet and hands with grave-clothes, and his visage with a napkin was bound about; Jesus saith to them, ` Loose him, and suffer to go. '

Many , therefore, of the Jews who came unto Mary, and beheld what Jesus did, believed in him ;

but certain of them went away unto the Pharisees, and told them what Jesus did;

the chief priests , therefore, and the Pharisees , gathered together a sanhedrim , and said, ` What may we do ? because this man doth many signs?

if we may let him alone thus , all will believe in him ; and the Romans will come , and will take away both our place and nation. '

and a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being chief priest of that year, said to them, ` Ye have not known anything ,

nor reason that it is good for us that one man may die for the people, and not the whole nation perish. '

And this he said not of himself , but being chief priest of that year, he did prophesy that Jesus was about to die for the nation ,

and not for the nation only, but that also the children of God , who have been scattered abroad , he may gather together into one .

From that day , therefore, they took counsel together that they may kill him ;

Jesus , therefore , was no more freely walking among the Jews , but went away thence to the region nigh the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he tarried with his disciples.

And the passover of the Jews was nigh , and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves ;

they were seeking, therefore, Jesus, and said one with another , standing in the temple, ` What doth appear to you -- that he may not come to the feast? '

and both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command , that if any one may know where he is , he may shew ` it ' , so that they may seize him.