{"book":"John","slug":"john","ch":11,"genre":"prose","sub":"The Gospel according to John","prev":"john/10","next":"john/12","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"At this time a [man] [named] Lazarus was sick. [He lived in] Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.","f":[],"h":"The Death of Lazarus","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"( - Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)","f":["Literally was the one having anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and having wiped His feet; see John 12:3."]},{"v":3,"t":"So the sisters sent word to [Jesus],“ Lord, the [one] You love is sick.”","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"[When] Jesus heard [this], He said,“ This sickness will not end in death. No, [it is] for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"[When] Jesus heard [this], He said,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ This sickness will not end in death. No, [it is] for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"So on hearing that [Lazarus] was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"and then He said to the disciples,“ Let us go back to Judea.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"and then He said to the disciples,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ Let us go back to Judea.”"}],"style":"red"},{"v":8,"t":"“ Rabbi,” [they] replied,“ the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"Jesus answered,“ Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Jesus answered,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"After He had said this, He told them,“ Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going [there] to wake him up.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"After He had said this, He told them,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going [there] to wake him up.”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"His disciples replied,“ Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"They thought that [Jesus] was talking about actual sleep, but [He] was speaking about the death of [Lazarus].","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"So Jesus told them plainly,“ Lazarus is dead,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"So Jesus told them plainly,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ Lazarus is dead,"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"Then Thomas called Didymus said to [his] fellow disciples,“ {Let} us also go, so that we may die with Him.”","f":["Didymus means the twin."],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"[When] Jesus arrived, He found that [Lazarus] had already spent four days in the tomb.","f":[],"h":"Jesus Comforts Martha and Mary","style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away,","f":["Greek about fifteen stadia; that is, approximately 1.72 miles or 2.78 kilometers"]},{"v":19,"t":"and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of [their] brother.","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him, but Mary stayed at home.","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"Martha said to Jesus,“ Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":22,"t":"But even now I know that God will give You whatever You ask of [Him].”","f":[]},{"v":23,"t":"“ Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":24,"t":"Martha replied,“ I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":25,"t":"Jesus said to her,“ I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Jesus said to her,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":26,"t":"And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”","f":[]},{"v":27,"t":"“ Yes, Lord,” she answered,“ I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":28,"t":"[After] [Martha] had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her,“ The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":29,"t":"And when [Mary] heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him.","f":[]},{"v":30,"t":"Now Jesus {had} not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":31,"t":"[When] the Jews who were in the house consoling [Mary] saw how quickly [she] got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.","f":[]},{"v":32,"t":"When Mary came to Jesus [and] saw Him, she fell at His feet [and] said,“ Lord, if You had been here, my brother {would} not have died.”","f":[]},{"v":33,"t":"When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her {also} weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.","f":["Or He was indignant in spirit; similarly in verse 38"],"style":"reg"},{"v":34,"t":"“ Where have you put him?” He asked.“ Come and see, Lord,” they answered.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"red","t":"“ Where have you put him?” He asked."},{"style":"reg","t":"“ Come and see, Lord,” they answered."}],"style":"red"},{"v":35,"t":"Jesus wept.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":36,"t":"Then the Jews said,“ See how He loved him!”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":37,"t":"But some of them asked,“ Could not this [man] who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept [Lazarus] from dying?”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":38,"t":"Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave [with] a stone laid across [the entrance].","f":[],"h":"Jesus Raises Lazarus","style":"reg"},{"v":39,"t":"“ Take away the stone,” Jesus said.“ Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead [man].“ It has already been four days.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"red","t":"“ Take away the stone,” Jesus said."},{"style":"reg","t":"“ Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead [man].“ It has already been four days.”"}],"style":"red"},{"v":40,"t":"Jesus replied,“ Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Jesus replied,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":41,"t":"So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said,“ Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ Father, I thank You that You have heard Me."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":42,"t":"I knew that You always hear Me, but I say [this] for the benefit of the people standing [here], so they may believe that You sent Me.”","f":[]},{"v":43,"t":"[After Jesus] had said this, He called out in a loud voice,“ Lazarus, come out!”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"[After Jesus] had said this, He called out in a loud voice,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ Lazarus, come out!”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":44,"t":"The [man who] had been dead came out [with his] hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth.“ Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.","f":["Greek soudariō"],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"The [man who] had been dead came out [with his] hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth."},{"style":"reg","t":"“ Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":45,"t":"Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what [Jesus] did, believed in Him.","f":[],"h":"The Plot to Kill Jesus","style":"reg"},{"v":46,"t":"But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.","f":[]},{"v":47,"t":"Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said,“ What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.","f":["Or the Council"],"style":"reg"},{"v":48,"t":"If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and [our] nation.”","f":[]},{"v":49,"t":"But one of them, [named] Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them,“ You know nothing at all!","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":50,"t":"You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people [than that] the whole nation perish.”","f":[]},{"v":51,"t":"[Caiaphas] did not say this on his own. Instead, [as] high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":52,"t":"and not only for the nation, but also [for] the scattered children of God, to gather [them] together into one.","f":[]},{"v":53,"t":"So from that day {on} they plotted to kill Him.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":54,"t":"As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. [And] He stayed there with the disciples.","f":[]},{"v":55,"t":"Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many [people] went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":56,"t":"They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another [as] they stood in the temple [courts],“ What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?”","f":["Literally the temple"]},{"v":57,"t":"But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone [who] knew where He was must report [it], so that they could arrest Him.","f":[]}]}