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