1 N ow a certain man named Lazarus was ill. He was of Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.

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

2 T his Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped His feet with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus who was sick.

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

3 S o the sisters sent to Him, saying, Lord, he whom You love is sick.

The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”

4 W hen Jesus received the message, He said, This sickness is not to end in death; but it is to honor God and to promote His glory, that the Son of God may be glorified through (by) it.

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 N ow Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

6 T herefore when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He still stayed two days longer in the same place where He was.

When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.

7 T hen after that interval He said to His disciples, Let us go back again to Judea.

Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let’s go into Judea again.”

8 T he disciples said to Him, Rabbi, the Jews only recently were intending and trying to stone You, and are You going back there again?

The disciples told him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and are you going there again?”

9 J esus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? Anyone who walks about in the daytime does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

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 B ut if anyone walks about in the night, he does stumble, because there is no light in him.

But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn’t in him.”

11 H e said these things, and then added, Our friend Lazarus is at rest and sleeping; but I am going there that I may awaken him out of his sleep.

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 T he disciples answered, Lord, if he is sleeping, he will recover.

The disciples therefore said, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”

13 H owever, Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He referred to falling into a refreshing and natural sleep.

Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.

14 S o then Jesus told them plainly, Lazarus is dead,

So Jesus said to them plainly then, “Lazarus is dead.

15 A nd for your sake I am glad that I was not there; it will help you to believe (to trust and rely on Me). However, let us go to him.

I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let’s go to him.”

16 T hen Thomas, who was called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, Let us go too, that we may die along with Him.

Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go also, that we may die with him.”

17 S o when Jesus arrived, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.

So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.

18 B ethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles away,

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.

19 A nd a considerable number of the Jews had gone out to see Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.

Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

20 W hen Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet Him, while Mary remained sitting in the house.

Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house.

21 M artha then said to Jesus, Master, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.

Therefore Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.

22 A nd even now I know that whatever You ask from God, He will grant it to You.

Even now I know that, whatever you ask of God, God will give you.”

23 J esus said to her, Your brother shall rise again.

Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

24 M artha replied, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”

25 J esus said to her, I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on) Me, although he may die, yet he shall live;

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

26 A nd whoever continues to live and believes in (has faith in, cleaves to, and relies on) Me shall never die at all. Do you believe this?

Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

27 S he said to Him, Yes, Lord, I have believed that You are the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One), the Son of God, Who was to come into the world.

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 A fter she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, privately whispering to her, The Teacher is close at hand and is asking for you.

When she had said this, she went away, and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, “The Teacher is here, and is calling you.”

29 W hen she heard this, she sprang up quickly and went to Him.

When she heard this, she arose quickly, and went to him.

30 N ow Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the same spot where Martha had met Him.

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

31 W hen the Jews who were sitting with her in the house and consoling her saw how hastily Mary had arisen and gone out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to pour out her grief there.

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 W hen Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw Him, she dropped down at His feet, saying to Him, Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.

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 W hen Jesus saw her sobbing, and the Jews who came with her sobbing, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,

34 A nd He said, Where have you laid him? They said to Him, Lord, come and see.

and said, “Where have you laid him?” They told him, “Lord, come and see.”

35 J esus wept.

Jesus wept.

36 T he Jews said, See how He loved him!

The Jews therefore said, “See how much affection he had for him!”

37 B ut some of them said, Could not He Who opened a blind man’s eyes have prevented this man from dying?

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 N ow Jesus, again sighing repeatedly and deeply disquieted, approached the tomb. It was a cave (a hole in the rock), and a boulder lay against it.

Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

39 J esus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the dead man, exclaimed, But Lord, by this time he throws off an offensive odor, for he has been dead four days!

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 J esus said to her, Did I not tell you and promise you that if you would believe and rely on Me, you would see the glory of God?

Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see God’s glory?”

41 S o they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

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 Y es, I know You always hear and listen to Me, but I have said this on account of and for the benefit of the people standing around, so that they may believe that You did send Me.

I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude that stands around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me.”

43 W hen He had said this, He shouted with a loud voice, Lazarus, come out!

When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

44 A nd out walked the man who had been dead, his hands and feet wrapped in burial cloths (linen strips), and with a napkin bound around his face. Jesus said to them, Free him of the burial wrappings and let him go.

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 U pon seeing what Jesus had done, many of the Jews who had come with Mary believed in Him.

Therefore many of the Jews, who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did, believed in him.

46 B ut some of them went back to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them the things which Jesus had done.

47 S o the chief priests and Pharisees called a meeting of the council (the Sanhedrin) and said, What are we to do? For this Man performs many signs (evidences, miracles).

The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What are we doing? For this man does many signs.

48 I f we let Him alone to go on like this, everyone will believe in Him and adhere to Him, and the Romans will come and suppress and destroy and take away our place and our nation '> our temple and city and our civil organization].

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 B ut one of them, Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year, declared, You know nothing at all!

But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,

50 N or do you understand or reason out that it is expedient and better for your own welfare that one man should die on behalf of the people than that the whole nation should perish (be destroyed, ruined).

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 N ow he did not say this simply of his own accord; but being the high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was to die for the nation,

Now he didn’t say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

52 A nd not only for the nation but also for the purpose of uniting into one body the children of God who have been scattered far and wide.

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

53 S o from that day on they took counsel and plotted together how they might put Him to death.

So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.

54 F or that reason Jesus no longer appeared publicly among the Jews, but left there and retired to the district that borders on the wilderness (the desert), to a village called Ephraim, and there He stayed with the disciples.

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 N ow the Jewish Passover was at hand, and many from the country went up to Jerusalem in order that they might purify and consecrate themselves before the Passover.

Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.

56 S o they kept looking for Jesus and questioned among themselves as they were standing about in the temple '> area], What do you think? Will He not come to the Feast at all?

Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another, as they stood in the temple, “What do you think—that he isn’t coming to the feast at all?”

57 N ow the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it to them, so that they might arrest Him.

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.