John 11
11Now a man was sick, Lazarus, from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.G1161G5100G2258G770G2976G575G963G1537G2968G3137G2532G846G79G31362Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, and it was her brother Lazarus who was sick.G1161G2258G3137G3588G218G2962G3464G2532G1591G846G4228G846G2359G3739G80G2976G7703So the sisters sent a message to Him: "Lord, the one You love is sick."G3767G79G649G4314G846G3004G2962G2396G3739G5368G7704When Jesus heard it, He said, "This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."G1161G2424G191G2036G3778G769G2076G3756G4314G2288G235G5228G1391G2316G2443G5207G2316G1392G1223G8465(Jesus loved Martha, her sister, and Lazarus.)G1161G2424G25G3136G2532G846G79G2532G29766So when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was.G5613G191G3767G3754G770G3306G1417G2250G5119G3303G1722G5117G3739G22587Then after that, He said to the disciples, "Let's go to Judea again."G1899G3326G5124G3004G3101G71G1519G2449G38258"Rabbi," the disciples told Him, "just now the Jews tried to stone You, and You're going there again?"G3101G3004G846G4461G2453G3568G2212G3034G4571G2532G5217G1563G38259"Aren't there 12 hours in a day?" Jesus answered. "If anyone walks during the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this world.G2424G611G1526G3780G1427G5610G2250G1437G5100G4043G1722G2250G4350G3756G3754G991G5457G5127G288910If anyone walks during the night, he does stumble, because the light is not in him."G1161G1437G5100G4043G1722G3571G4350G3754G2076G3756G5457G1722G84611He said this, and then He told them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I'm on My way to wake him up."G5023G2036G846G2532G3326G5124G3004G846G2257G5384G2976G2837G235G4198G2443G1852G846G185212Then the disciples said to Him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well."G3767G2036G846G3101G2962G1487G2837G498213Jesus, however, was speaking about his death, but they thought He was speaking about natural sleep.G1161G2424G2046G4012G846G2288G1161G1565G1380G3754G3004G4012G2838G525814So Jesus then told them plainly, "Lazarus has died.G5119G3767G2036G2424G846G3954G2976G59915I'm glad for you that I wasn't there so that you may believe. But let's go to him."G2532G5463G1223G5209G3754G2252G2258G3756G1563G2443G4100G235G71G4314G84616Then Thomas (called "Twin") said to his fellow disciples, "Let's go so that we may die with Him."G3767G2036G2381G3588G3004G1324G4827G71G2532G71G2443G2249G599G3326G84617When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.G3767G2424G2064G2147G846G2192G1722G3419G5064G2250G223518Bethany was near Jerusalem (about two miles away).G1161G963G2258G1451G2414G5613G1178G4712G57519Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.G2532G4183G1537G2453G2064G4314G3136G2532G3137G4012G2443G3888G846G4012G846G8020As soon as Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet Him. But Mary remained seated in the house.G3767G3136G5613G191G3754G2424G2064G5221G846G1161G3137G2516G1722G362421Then Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother wouldn't have died.G3767G2036G3136G4314G2424G2962G1487G2258G5602G3450G80G302G2348G3756G234822Yet even now I know that whatever You ask from God, God will give You."G235G1492G2532G3568G3754G3745G302G154G2316G2316G1325G467123"Your brother will rise again," Jesus told her.G2424G3004G846G4675G80G45024Martha said, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day."G3136G3004G846G1492G3754G450G1722G386G1722G2078G225025Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me, even if he dies, will live.G2424G2036G846G1473G1510G386G2532G2222G4100G1519G1691G2579G599G219826Everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die— ever. Do you believe this?"G2532G3956G2198G2532G4100G1519G1691G599G3364G1519G165G599G4100G512427"Yes, Lord," she told Him, "I believe You are the Messiah, the Son of God, who was to come into the world."G3004G846G3483G2962G1473G4100G3754G4771G1488G5547G5207G2316G3588G2064G1519G288928Having said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, saying in private, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you."G2532G2036G5023G2036G565G2532G5455G3137G846G79G2977G2036G1320G3918G2532G5455G457129As soon as she heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him.G5613G1565G191G1453G5035G2532G2064G4314G84630Jesus had not yet come into the village but was still in the place where Martha had met Him.G1161G2424G2064G3768G2064G1519G2968G235G2258G1722G5117G3699G3136G5221G84631The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw that Mary got up quickly and went out. So they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to cry there.G2453G3767G3588G5607G3326G846G1722G3614G2532G3888G846G1492G3137G3754G450G5030G2532G1831G190G846G3004G3754G5217G1519G3419G2443G2799G156332When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw Him, she fell at His feet and told Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died!"G3767G5613G3137G2064G3699G2424G2258G1492G846G4098G1519G846G4228G3004G846G2962G1487G2258G5602G3450G80G302G3756G59933When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, He was angry in His spirit and deeply moved.G5613G2424G3767G1492G846G2799G2532G2453G2799G4905G846G1690G4151G2532G5015G143834"Where have you put him?" He asked. "Lord," they told Him, "come and see."G2532G2036G4226G5087G846G3004G846G2962G2064G2532G149235Jesus wept.G2424G114536So the Jews said, "See how He loved him!"G3767G3004G2453G2396G4459G5368G84637But some of them said, "Couldn't He who opened the blind man's eyes also have kept this man from dying?"G1161G5100G1537G846G2036G1410G3756G3778G3588G455G3788G5185G4160G2443G2532G3778G599G3361G59938Then Jesus, angry in Himself again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.G2424G3767G3825G1690G1722G1438G2064G1519G3419G1161G2258G4693G2532G3037G1945G1909G84639"Remove the stone," Jesus said. Martha, the dead man's sister, told Him, "Lord, he already stinks. It's been four days."G2424G3004G142G3037G3136G79G2348G3004G846G2962G2235G3605G1063G2076G506640Jesus said to her, "Didn't I tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?"G2424G3004G846G2036G3756G4671G3754G1437G4100G3700G1391G231641So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes and said, "Father, I thank You that You heard Me.G3767G142G3037G3757G2348G2258G2749G1161G2424G142G507G3788G2532G2036G3962G2168G4671G3754G191G345042I know that You always hear Me, but because of the crowd standing here I said this, so they may believe You sent Me."G1161G1473G1492G3754G191G3450G3842G235G1223G3793G3588G4026G2036G2443G4100G3754G4771G649G316543After He said this, He shouted with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"G2532G5023G2036G2905G3173G5456G2976G1204G185444The dead man came out bound hand and foot with linen strips and with his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Loose him and let him go."G2532G2348G1831G1210G5495G2532G4228G2750G2532G846G3799G4019G4676G2424G3004G846G3089G846G2532G863G521745Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what He did believed in Him.G3767G4183G1537G2453G3588G2064G4314G3137G2532G2300G3739G2424G4160G4100G1519G84646But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.G1161G5100G1537G846G565G4314G5330G2532G2036G846G3739G2424G416047So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, "What are we going to do since this man does many signs?G3767G4863G749G2532G5330G4892G2532G3004G5101G4160G3754G3778G444G4160G4183G459248If we let Him continue in this way, everybody will believe in Him! Then the Romans will come and remove both our place and our nation."G1437G863G846G3779G863G3956G4100G1519G846G2532G4514G2064G2532G142G2532G2257G5117G2532G148449One of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all!G1161G1520G5100G1537G846G2533G5607G749G1565G1763G2036G846G5210G1492G3756G376250You're not considering that it is to your advantage that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish."G3761G1260G3754G4851G2254G2443G1520G444G599G5228G2992G2532G3650G1484G622G336151He did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,G1161G5124G2036G3756G575G1438G235G5607G749G1565G1763G4395G3754G2424G3195G599G5228G148452and not for the nation only, but also to unite the scattered children of God.G2532G3756G5228G1484G3440G235G2443G2532G4863G1519G1520G5043G2316G128753So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.G3767G575G1565G2250G4823G2443G615G846G61554Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews but departed from there to the countryside near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim. And He stayed there with the disciples.G2424G3767G4043G3765G3954G1722G2453G235G565G1564G1519G5561G1451G2048G1519G4172G3004G2187G2546G1304G3326G846G310155The Jewish Passover was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country to purify themselves before the Passover.G1161G2453G3957G2258G1451G2532G4183G305G1537G5561G1519G2414G4253G3957G2443G48G143856They were looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple complex: "What do you think? He won't come to the festival, will He?"G3767G2212G2424G2532G3004G3326G240G2476G1722G2411G5101G1380G5213G3754G2064G3364G2064G1519G185957The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it so they could arrest Him.G1161G2532G749G2532G5330G1325G1785G2443G1437G5100G1097G4226G2076G3377G3704G4084G846
Columbus, OH
