NOW there was a sick man, Lazarus, of Bethany, the village of Mary and
her sister Martha. (2)(It was the Mary who had anointed the Lord with
the balm, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was
sick.) (3)The sisters therefore sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he
whom thou lovest is sick. (4)When Jesus heard it, he said, This
sickness is not for death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of
God may be glorified thereby.
(5)Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. (6)Then, though
he heard he was ill, yet notwithstanding he abode in the same place
where he was two days. (7)But after that he saith to his disciples, Let
us go again into Judea. (8)The disciples say unto him, Rabbi, the Jews
have just now sought to stone thee; and art thou going thither again?
(9)Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man
walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because he seeth the light of
this world. (10)But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because
there is no light with him. (11)These things said he: and after that he
saith to them, Our friend Lazarus is asleep; but I go to waken him up.
(12)Then said his disciples, Lord, if he is asleep, he will recover.
(13)Now Jesus had spoken of his death: but they apprehended that he
spake of taking rest in sleep. (14)Then Jesus therefore told them
plainly, Lazarus is dead. (15)And I rejoice on your account that I was
not there, in order that ye may believe; but let us go to him. (16)Then
said Thomas, (called Didymus, the twin,) to his fellow-disciples, Let
us go too, that we may die with him.
(17)Then Jesus, when he came; found that he had already lain in the
tomb four days. (18)Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen
furlongs off: (19)and many of the Jews had come with the women who were
about Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
(20)Then Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, met him: but
Mary sat in the house. (21)And Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if thou
hadst been here, my brother had not died. (22)But even now I know, that
whatsoever things thou shalt ask of God, God will give thee. (23)Jesus
saith to her, Thy brother shall rise again. (24)Martha saith to him, I
know that he shall rise at the resurrection in the last day. (25)Jesus
said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth
in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: (26)and every one who is
alive, and believeth in me, shall never die to eternity. Believest thou
this? (27)She saith to him, Yes, Lord I believe that thou art the
Messiah, the Son of God, who cometh into the world.
(28)So when she had thus spoken, she went away, and called her sister
Mary privately, saying, The Master is near at hand, and calleth for
thee. (29)As soon as she heard it, she rose hastily, and came to him.
(30)Now Jesus was not yet come into the village, but was on the spot
where Martha had met him. (31)Then the Jews who were with her in the
house, and comforting her, observing Mary, that she rose up hastily,
and went out, followed her, saying, She is going to the tomb, to weep
there.
(32)When therefore Mary was come where Jesus was, beholding him, she
fell at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my
brother would not have died! (33)When Jesus then saw her weeping, and
all the Jews who came with her lamenting, he groaned in spirit, and was
himself greatly agitated: (34)and he said, Where have ye laid him? They
say to him, Lord, come and see. (35)Jesus wept. (36)Then said the Jews,
Behold, how he loved him! (37)But some of them said, Could not this
man, who openeth the eyes of the blind, have caused that this person
should not have died? (38)Then Jesus again groaning in himself, cometh
to the sepulchre. It was an excavation, and a stone lay upon it.
(39)Jesus saith, Remove the stone. The sister of the deceased, Martha,
said to him, Lord, he is by this time putrid: for he hath been dead
four days. (40)Jesus saith unto her, Did I not tell thee, that, if thou
wouldest believe, thou shalt see the glory of God? (41)Then they
removed the stone where the deceased was lying. And Jesus lifted his
eyes upwards, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me!
(42)And I knew that thou always dost hear me: but for the sake of the
multitude standing by I spake, that they may believe that thou hast
sent me. (43)And when he had thus spoken, with a loud voice he cried,
Lazarus, come forth! (44)And the deceased came forth, his feet and his
hands wrapped with the linen swathes; and his face bound round with a
napkin. Jesus saith to them, Loose him, and let him go!
(45)Then many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what Jesus had
done, believed on him. (46)But some of them went to the Pharisees, and
told them what things Jesus had done. (47)The chief priests and
Pharisees therefore called the sanhedrim together, and said, What are
we about? for this man is doing many miracles. (48)If we suffer him to
go on thus, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will come, and
take away both our place and nation. (49)Then one particular person of
them, Caiaphas, being the high-priest of that year, said unto them, Ye
know nothing, (50)nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one
man should die for the people, and that the whole nation be not
destroyed. (51)And this he spake not from himself: but being the
high-priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the
nation; (52)and not for that nation only, but that he should collect
into one body the children of God wherever dispersed. (53)Then from
that day they consulted together how they might kill him.
(54)Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but went
thence into the country bordering on the desert, to a city called
Ephraim, and there he abode with his disciples. (55)Now the passover of
the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country
before the passover, in order to purify themselves. (56)Then they
sought for Jesus, and said one to another, as they stood in the temple,
What think ye, that he will not come to the feast? (57)Now both the
chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that, if any
person knew where he was, they should declare it, that they might
apprehend him.