Murdock - John - 11

11:1  And a certain man was sick, Lazarus of the town of Bethany, the brother of Mary and Martha.

11:2  It was that Mary who anointed the feet of Jesus with perfume, and wiped them with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

11:3  And his two sisters sent to Jesus, and said: Our Lord, he whom thou lovest is sick.

11:4  And Jesus said: This sickness is not that of death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it.

11:5  Now Jesus loved Martha and Mary, and Lazarus.

11:6  And when he heard that he was sick, he remained in the place where he was two days.

11:7  And afterwards he said to his disciples: Come, let us go again into Judaea.

11:8  His disciples say to him: Our Rabbi, the Jews have just sought to stone thee; and goest thou again thither.

11:9  Jesus said to them: Are there not twelve hours in the day? And if a man walk in the daytime, he stumbleth not; because he seeth the light of the world.

11:10  But if one walk in the night, he stumbleth; because there is no light in him.

11:11  These things said Jesus, and afterwards he said to them: Lazarus our friend reposeth. But I go to awake him.

11:12  His disciples say to him: Our Lord, if he sleepeth, he is recovering.

11:13  But Jesus spoke of his death; and they thought, he spoke of the sleep of repose.

11:14  Then Jesus said to them explicitly; Lazarus is dead.

11:15  And I rejoice, for your sakes, that I was not there; that ye may believe. But let us go there.

11:16  Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow-disciples: Let us also go and die with him.

11:17  And Jesus came to Bethany, and found that he had been in the grave four days.

11:18  Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, distant from it about fifteen furlongs.

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

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

11:21  And Martha said to Jesus: My Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

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

11:23  Jesus said to her: Thy brother will rise.

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

11:25  Jesus said to her: I am the consolation, and life. And he that believeth in me, though he should die, will live.

11:26  And every one that liveth, and believeth in me, will not die for ever. Believest thou this?

11:27  She said to him: Yes, my Lord; I believe, that thou art the Messiah, the Son of God, that cometh into the world.

11:28  And when she had thus said, she went and called her sister Mary, secretly, and said to her: Our Rabbi hath come, and calleth for thee.

11:29  And Mary, when she heard it, rose up quickly, and went to meet him.

11:30  And Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.

11:31  Those Jews also, who were with her in the house and consoled her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed after her; for they supposed, she was going to the grave to weep.

11:32  And Mary, when she came where Jesus was and saw him, fell at his feet, and said to him: If thou hadst been here, my Lord, my brother had not died.

11:33  And when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he was moved in spirit, and was agitated.

11:34  And he said: Where have ye laid him? They say to him: Our Lord, come, and see.

11:35  And the tears of Jesus came.

11:36  And the Jews said: See, how much he loved him.

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

11:38  And Jesus, still agitated within, came to the grave. Now the grave was a cave, and a stone was laid upon its entrance.

11:39  And Jesus said: Take away this stone. Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him: My Lord, by this time he is putrid; for four days have elapsed.

11:40  Jesus said to her: Did I not tell thee, that if thou wouldst believe, thou shouldst see the glory of God?

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

11:42  And I know that thou hearest me always; but on account of this multitude that standeth here, I say these things; that they may believe, that thou hast sent me.

11:43  And when he had thus spoken, he called with a loud voice: Lazarus, come forth!

11:44  And the dead man came forth, with his hands and his feet swathed with bandages, and his face with a napkin. Jesus said to them: Loose him, and let him go.

11:45  And many of the Jews who had come to Mary, when they saw what Jesus did, believed on him.

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

11:47  And the chief priests and Pharisees assembled together, and said: What shall we do? For this man worketh many signs.

11:48  And if we thus let him alone, all the people will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away our place and our nation.

11:49  But, one of them, named Caiaphas, was the high priest of that year; and he said to them: Ye know not any thing.

11:50  Neither do ye consider, that it is expedient for us, that one man die for the people, and not that this whole people perish.

11:51  This he said, however, not from the promptings of his own mind; but being the high priest of that year, he prophesied, that Jesus was about to die for the people:

11:52  and not only for the people, but also that he might collect together the sons of God that were dispersed.

11:53  And from that day, they plotted to kill him.

11:54  And Jesus did not walk openly among the Jews; but retired from them to a place near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim; and there he abode with his disciples.

11:55  And the passover of the Jews drew near: and many went up from the villages to Jerusalem, before the feast, that they might purify themselves.

11:56  And they sought for Jesus; and they said one to another, in the temple: What think ye? that he will not come to the feast?

11:57  And the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if any one knew where he was, he should make it known to them, that they might take him.