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JOHN 11
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sick. 3 So the two sisters sent a message to Jesus
telling him, “Lord, your dear friend is very sick.”
4 But when Jesus heard about it he said, “Lazarus’s sickness will not end in death. No, it happened for the glory of God so that the Son of God
will receive glory from this.” 5 So although Jesus
loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, 6 he stayed
where he was for the next two days. 7 Finally, he
said to his disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.”
8 But his disciples objected. “Rabbi,” they
said, “only a few days ago the people* in Judea
were trying to stone you. Are you going there
again?”
9 Jesus replied, “There are twelve hours of
daylight every day. During the day people can
walk safely. They can see because they have the
light of this world. 10 But at night there is danger of stumbling because they have no light.”
11 Then he said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen
asleep, but now I will go and wake him up.”
— promises —
from God
“I am the resurrection
and the life. Anyone who
believes in me will live,
even after dying.”
JO H N 11:2 5
12 The disciples said, “Lord, if he is sleeping,
he will soon get better!” 13 They 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. 18 Bethany was only a few miles*
down the road from Jerusalem, 19 and many of
the people had come to console Martha and
Mary in their loss. 20 When Martha got word
that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him.
But Mary stayed in the house. 21 Martha said
to Jesus, “Lord, if only you had been here, my
brother would not have died. 22 But 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. 26 Everyone 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.”
28 Then she returned to Mary. She called Mary
aside from the mourners and told her, “The
Teacher is here and wants to see you.” 29 So Mary
immediately went to him.
30 Jesus had stayed outside the village, at the
place where Martha met him. 31 When 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. 32 When 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.
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
45 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 Jesus 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 allow him to go on like
this, soon everyone will believe in him. Then
11:8 Greek Jewish people; also in 11:19, 31, 33, 36, 45, 54.
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.