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J esus, 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.
They told him, “Lord, come and see.”
35 Then
Jesus wept. 36 The 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?” 41 So they rolled the stone aside.
Then Jesus looked up to heaven and said,
“Father, thank you for hearing me. 42 You
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
Many of the people who were with
Mary believed in Jesus when they saw
this happen. 46 But some went to the
Pharisees and told them what J esus had
done. 47 Then 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. 48 If we
45
HE CARES
(11:33-38) This passage reveals a God who cares.
Here we see many of Jesus’ emotions—compassion,
indignation, sorrow, even frustration. Jesus often
expressed deep emotion. So he understands the deep
emotions that we experience. Knowing that, are you
willing to express your deepest emotions and feelings to him?
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allow him to go on like this, soon every
one will believe in him. Then the Roman
army will come and destroy both our
Temple* and our nation.”
49 Ca
iaphas, who was high priest at
that time,* said, “You don’t know what
you’re talking about! 50 You 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. 52 And not only for that nation, but to bring together and unite all
the children of God scattered around the
world.
53 So from that time on, the Jew
ish
leaders began to plot J esus’ death. 54 As a
result, Jesus stopped his public ministry
among the people and left Jerusalem. He
went to a place near the wilderness, to
the village of Ephraim, and stayed there
with his disciples.
55 It was now almost time for the Jew
ish Passover celebration, and many
people from all over the country arrived
in Jerusalem several days early so they
could go through the purification ceremony before Passover began. 56 They
kept looking for Jesus, but as they stood
around in the Temple, they said to each
other, “What do you think? He won’t
come for Passover, will he?” 57 Meanwhile, the leading priests and Pharisees
had publicly ordered that anyone seeing
Jesus must report it immediately so they
could arrest him.
JESUS ANOINTED AT BETHANY
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Six days before the Passover celebration began, Jesus arrived in
Bethany, the home of Lazarus—the man
he had raised from the dead. 2 A dinner
was prepared in Jesus’ honor. Martha
served, and Lazarus was among those
who ate* with him. 3 Then Mary took a
twelve-ounce jar* of expensive perfume
made from essence of nard, and she
anointed Jesus’ feet with it, wiping his
feet with her hair. The house was filled
with the fragrance.
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. 12:2 Or
who reclined.
12:3 Greek took 1 litra [327 grams].
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