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The disciples said, “Lord, if he is sleeping,
he will soon get better!” 13They thought Jesus
meant Lazarus was simply sleeping, but Jesus
meant Lazarus had died.
14
So he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
15
And for your sakes, I’m glad I wasn’t there, for
now you will really believe. Come, let’s go see
him.”
16
Thomas, nicknamed the Twin,* said to his
fellow disciples, “Let’s go, too—and die with
Jesus.”
17
When Jesus arrived at Bethany, he was told
that Lazarus had already been in his grave for
four days. 18Bethany was only a few miles*
down the road from Jerusalem, 19and many of
the people had come to console Martha and
Mary in their loss. 20When Martha got word
that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him.
But Mary stayed in the house. 21Martha said
to Jesus, “Lord, if only you had been here,
my brother would not have died. 22But even
now I know that God will give you whatever
you ask.”
23
Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise
again.”
24
“Yes,” Martha said, “he will rise when
everyone else rises, at the last day.”
25
Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and
the life.* Anyone who believes in me will live,
even after dying. 26Everyone who lives in me
and believes in me will never ever die. Do you
believe this, Martha?”
27
“Yes, Lord,” she told him. “I have always
believed you are the Messiah, the Son of God,
the one who has come into the world from
God.” 28Then she returned to Mary. She called
Mary aside from the mourners and told her,
“The Teacher is here and wants to see you.”
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So Mary immediately went to him.
30
Jesus had stayed outside the village, at
the place where Martha met him. 31When the
people who were at the house consoling Mary
saw her leave so hastily, they assumed she
was going to Lazarus’s grave to weep. So they
followed her there. 32When Mary arrived and
saw Jesus, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if
only you had been here, my brother would not
have died.”
33
When Jesus saw her weeping and saw the
other people wailing with her, a deep anger
welled up within him,* and he was deeply troubled. 34“Where have you put him?” he asked
them.
11:16 Greek Thomas, who was called Didymus. 11:18 Greek was
about 15 stadia [about 2.8 kilometers]. 11:25 Some manuscripts
do not include and the life. 11:33 Or he was angry in his spirit.
11:47 Greek the Sanhedrin. 11:48 Or our position; Greek reads
our place. 11:49 Greek that year; also in 11:51.
JOHN 11
They told him, “Lord, come and see.” 35Then
Jesus wept. 36The people who were standing
nearby said, “See how much he loved him!”
37
But some said, “This man healed a blind man.
Couldn’t he have kept Lazarus from dying?”
38
Jesus was still angry as he arrived at the
tomb, a cave with a stone rolled across its
entrance. 39“Roll the stone aside,” Jesus told
them.
But Martha, the dead man’s sister, protested, “Lord, he has been dead for four days.
The smell will be terrible.”
40
Jesus responded, “Didn’t I tell you that you
would see God’s glory if you believe?” 41So they
rolled the stone aside. Then Jesus looked up to
heaven and said, “Father, thank you for hearing me. 42You always hear me, but I said it out
loud for the sake of all these people standing
here, so that they will believe you sent me.”
43
Then Jesus shouted, “Lazarus, come out!”
44
And the dead man came out, his hands and
feet bound in graveclothes, his face wrapped
in a headcloth. Jesus told them, “Unwrap him
and let him go!”
THE PLOT TO KILL JESUS 45Many of the
people who were with Mary believed in Jesus
when they saw this happen. 46But some went
to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus
had done. 47Then the leading priests and
Pharisees called the high council* together.
“What are we going to do?” they asked each
other. “This man certainly performs many
miraculous signs. 48If we allow him to go on
like this, soon everyone will believe in him.
Then the Roman army will come and destroy
both our Temple* and our nation.”
49
Caiaphas, who was high priest at that
time,* said, “You don’t know what you’re talking about! 50You don’t realize that it’s better for
you that one man should die for the people
than for the whole nation to be destroyed.”
51
He did not say this on his own; as high
priest at that time he was led to prophesy that
Jesus would die for the entire nation. 52And not
only for that nation, but to bring together and
unite all the children of God scattered around
the world.
HE CARES
(11:33-38) This passage reveals a God who cares. This
contrasts with the Greek concept of God that was popular
in John’s day—a God with no emotions and no messy
involvement with humans. Here we see many of Jesus’
emotions—compassion, indignation, sorrow, even frustration. Jesus often expressed deep emotion. Knowing
that, are you willing to express your deepest emotions
to him?
