Anderson - John - 11

11:1  Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus, of Bethany, the village of Mary and Martha her sister.

11:2  It was the Mary that anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

11:3  Therefore his sisters sent to him, saying: Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

11:4  But when Jesus heard it, he said: This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that by it the Son of God may be glorified.

11:5  Now, Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

11:6  When, therefore, he heard that he was sick, he still remained two days in the place where he was.

11:7  Then after this, he said to his disciples: Let us go into Judea again.

11:8  His disciples said to him: Rabbi, the Jews just now sought to stone thee, and art thou going thither again?

11:9  Jesus answered: Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walks during the day, he does not stumble, for he sees the light of this world.

11:10  But if any one walks in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.

11:11  Thus spoke he; and after this he said to them: Our friend Lazarus sleeps; but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.

11:12  Then his disciples said: Lord, if he sleeps, he will be saved.

11:13  Jesus spoke of his death; but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.

11:14  Therefore, Jesus then said to them plainly: Lazarus is dead.

11:15  And I rejoice, on your account, that I was not there, in order that you may believe. But let us go to him.

11:16  Then Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow-disciples: Let us also go, that we may die with him.

11:17  Then when Jesus came, he found that he had already been four days in the tomb.

11:18  Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.

11:19  And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

11:20  Then Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went out to meet him; but Mary sat still in the house.

11:21  Then Martha said to Jesus: Lord, if thou hadst been here my brother would not have died.

11:22  But even now, I know that whatever thou wilt ask of God, God will give thee.

11:23  Jesus said to her: Your brother shall rise again.

11:24  Martha said to him: I know that he will rise, in the resurrection at the last day.

11:25  Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believes on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live;

11:26  and he that lives and believes on me, shall never die. Do you believe this?

11:27  She said to him: Yes, Lord; I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.

11:28  And when she had said this, she went away, and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying: The Teacher has come, and calls for you.

11:29  When she heard it, she rose quickly and came to him.

11:30  Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.

11:31  Then the Jews that were with her in the house, and were comforting her, seeing Mary rise and go out quickly, followed her, saying: She is going to the tomb to weep there.

11:32  Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him: Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother would not have died.

11:33  Then, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews that came with her weeping also, he was greatly moved in spirit, and troubled;

11:34  and he said: Where have you laid him? They said to him: Lord, come and see.

11:35  Jesus wept.

11:36  Then said the Jews: See how he loved him!

11:37  And some of them said: Could not he, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have caused that even this man should not have died?

11:38  Then Jesus, again greatly moved within himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was laid against it.

11:39  Jesus said: Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said to him: Lord, the body is offensive; for he has been dead four days.

11:40  Jesus said to her: Did I not tell you, that, if you would believe, you should see the glory of God?

11:41  Then they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said: Father, I thank thee, that thou hast heard me.

11:42  I know, in deed, that thou dost always hear me. But for the sake of the multitude who stand around me, I have said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

11:43  And when he had said these things, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

11:44  And he that had been dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes; and his face was bound around with a handkerchief. Jesus said to them: Loose him, and let him go.

11:45  Then many of the Jews that had come to Mary, and who saw what he had done, believed on him.

11:46  But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them what Jesus had done.

11:47  Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called together the Sanhedrin, and said: What are we doing? For this man does many signs.

11:48  If we thus let him alone, all will believe on him, and the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation.

11:49  But one of them, Caiaphas, who was chief priest that year, said to them: You know nothing,

11:50  nor do you consider that it is profitable for us, that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.

11:51  But this he did not speak of himself; but being chief priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation;

11:52  and not for the nation only, but that he should gather into one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

11:53  From that day, therefore, they consulted together to put him to death.

11:54  Therefore, Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but withdrew thence to the region near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he remained with his disciples.

11:55  And the passover of the Jews was near; and many went up from the country to Jerusalem, before the passover, to purify themselves.

11:56  Then they sought for Jesus, and said one to another, as they stood in the temple: What think you, that he will not come to the feast?

11:57  Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders, that, if any one knew where he was, he should inform them, that they might take him.