John 11
11NOW A certain man named Lazarus was ill. He was of Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.G1161G5100G2258G770G2976G575G963G1537G2968G3137G2532G846G79G31362This Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped His feet with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus who was [now] sick.G1161G2258G3137G3588G218G2962G3464G2532G1591G846G4228G846G2359G3739G80G2976G7703So the sisters sent to Him, saying, Lord, he whom You love [so well] is sick.G3767G79G649G4314G846G3004G2962G2396G3739G5368G7704When Jesus received the message, He said, This sickness is not to end in death; but [on the contrary] it is to honor God {and} to promote His glory, that the Son of God may be glorified through (by) it.G1161G2424G191G2036G3778G769G2076G3756G4314G2288G235G5228G1391G2316G2443G5207G2316G1392G1223G8465Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. [They were His dear friends, and He held them in loving esteem.]G1161G2424G25G3136G2532G846G79G2532G29766Therefore [even] when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He still stayed two days longer in the same place where He was.G5613G191G3767G3754G770G3306G1417G2250G5119G3303G1722G5117G3739G22587Then after that interval He said to His disciples, Let us go back again to Judea.G1899G3326G5124G3004G3101G71G1519G2449G38258The disciples said to Him, Rabbi, the Jews only recently were intending {and} trying to stone You, and are You [thinking of] going back there again?G3101G3004G846G4461G2453G3568G2212G3034G4571G2532G5217G1563G38259Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? Anyone who walks about in the daytime does not stumble, because he sees [by] the light of this world.G2424G611G1526G3780G1427G5610G2250G1437G5100G4043G1722G2250G4350G3756G3754G991G5457G5127G288910But if anyone walks about in the night, he does stumble, because there is no light in him [the light is lacking to him].G1161G1437G5100G4043G1722G3571G4350G3754G2076G3756G5457G1722G84611He said these things, and then added, Our friend Lazarus is at rest {and} sleeping; but I am going there that I may awaken him out of his sleep.G5023G2036G846G2532G3326G5124G3004G846G2257G5384G2976G2837G235G4198G2443G1852G846G185212The disciples answered, Lord, if he is sleeping, he will recover.G3767G2036G846G3101G2962G1487G2837G498213However, Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He referred to falling into a refreshing {and} natural sleep.G1161G2424G2046G4012G846G2288G1161G1565G1380G3754G3004G4012G2838G525814So then Jesus told them plainly, Lazarus is dead,G5119G3767G2036G2424G846G3954G2976G59915And for your sake I am glad that I was not there; it will help you to believe (to trust and rely on Me). However, let us go to him.G2532G5463G1223G5209G3754G2252G2258G3756G1563G2443G4100G235G71G4314G84616Then Thomas, who was called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, Let us go too, that we may die [be killed] along with Him.G3767G2036G2381G3588G3004G1324G4827G71G2532G71G2443G2249G599G3326G84617So when Jesus arrived, He found that he [Lazarus] had already been in the tomb four days.G3767G2424G2064G2147G846G2192G1722G3419G5064G2250G223518Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles away,G1161G963G2258G1451G2414G5613G1178G4712G57519And a considerable number of the Jews had gone out to see Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.G2532G4183G1537G2453G2064G4314G3136G2532G3137G4012G2443G3888G846G4012G846G8020When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet Him, while Mary remained sitting in the house.G3767G3136G5613G191G3754G2424G2064G5221G846G1161G3137G2516G1722G362421Martha then said to Jesus, Master, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.G3767G2036G3136G4314G2424G2962G1487G2258G5602G3450G80G302G2348G3756G234822And even now I know that whatever You ask from God, He will grant it to You.G235G1492G2532G3568G3754G3745G302G154G2316G2316G1325G467123Jesus said to her, Your brother shall rise again.G2424G3004G846G4675G80G45024Martha replied, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.G3136G3004G846G1492G3754G450G1722G386G1722G2078G225025Jesus said to her, I am [Myself] the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on) Me, although he may die, yet he shall live;G2424G2036G846G1473G1510G386G2532G2222G4100G1519G1691G2579G599G219826And whoever continues to live and believes in (has faith in, cleaves to, and relies on) Me shall never [actually] die at all. Do you believe this?G2532G3956G2198G2532G4100G1519G1691G599G3364G1519G165G599G4100G512427She said to Him, Yes, Lord, I have believed [I do believe] that You are the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One), the Son of God, [even He] Who was to come into the world. [It is for Your coming that the world has waited.]G3004G846G3483G2962G1473G4100G3754G4771G1488G5547G5207G2316G3588G2064G1519G288928After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, privately whispering to her, The Teacher is close at hand and is asking for you.G2532G2036G5023G2036G565G2532G5455G3137G846G79G2977G2036G1320G3918G2532G5455G457129When she heard this, she sprang up quickly and went to Him.G5613G1565G191G1453G5035G2532G2064G4314G84630Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the same spot where Martha had met Him.G1161G2424G2064G3768G2064G1519G2968G235G2258G1722G5117G3699G3136G5221G84631When the Jews who were sitting with her in the house and consoling her saw how hastily Mary had arisen and gone out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to pour out her grief there.G2453G3767G3588G5607G3326G846G1722G3614G2532G3888G846G1492G3137G3754G450G5030G2532G1831G190G846G3004G3754G5217G1519G3419G2443G2799G156332When Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw Him, she dropped down at His feet, saying to Him, Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.G3767G5613G3137G2064G3699G2424G2258G1492G846G4098G1519G846G4228G3004G846G2962G1487G2258G5602G3450G80G302G3756G59933When Jesus saw her sobbing, and the Jews who came with her [also] sobbing, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. [He chafed in spirit and sighed and was disturbed.]G5613G2424G3767G1492G846G2799G2532G2453G2799G4905G846G1690G4151G2532G5015G143834And He said, Where have you laid him? They said to Him, Lord, come and see.G2532G2036G4226G5087G846G3004G846G2962G2064G2532G149235Jesus wept.G2424G114536The Jews said, See how [tenderly] He loved him!G3767G3004G2453G2396G4459G5368G84637But some of them said, Could not He Who opened a blind man's eyes have prevented this man from dying?G1161G5100G1537G846G2036G1410G3756G3778G3588G455G3788G5185G4160G2443G2532G3778G599G3361G59938Now Jesus, again sighing repeatedly {and} deeply disquieted, approached the tomb. It was a cave (a hole in the rock), and a boulder lay against [the entrance to close] it.G2424G3767G3825G1690G1722G1438G2064G1519G3419G1161G2258G4693G2532G3037G1945G1909G84639Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the dead man, exclaimed, But Lord, by this time he [is decaying and] throws off an offensive odor, for he has been dead four days!G2424G3004G142G3037G3136G79G2348G3004G846G2962G2235G3605G1063G2076G506640Jesus said to her, Did I not tell you {and} promise you that if you would believe {and} rely on Me, you would see the glory of God?G2424G3004G846G2036G3756G4671G3754G1437G4100G3700G1391G231641So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.G3767G142G3037G3757G2348G2258G2749G1161G2424G142G507G3788G2532G2036G3962G2168G4671G3754G191G345042Yes, I know You always hear {and} listen to Me, but I have said this on account of {and} for the benefit of the people standing around, so that they may believe that You did send Me [that You have made Me Your Messenger].G1161G1473G1492G3754G191G3450G3842G235G1223G3793G3588G4026G2036G2443G4100G3754G4771G649G316543When He had said this, He shouted with a loud voice, Lazarus, come out!G2532G5023G2036G2905G3173G5456G2976G1204G185444And out walked the man who had been dead, his hands and feet wrapped in burial cloths (linen strips), and with a [burial] napkin bound around his face. Jesus said to them, Free him of the burial wrappings and let him go.G2532G2348G1831G1210G5495G2532G4228G2750G2532G846G3799G4019G4676G2424G3004G846G3089G846G2532G863G521745Upon seeing what Jesus had done, many of the Jews who had come with Mary believed in Him. [They trusted in Him and adhered to Him and relied on Him.]G3767G4183G1537G2453G3588G2064G4314G3137G2532G2300G3739G2424G4160G4100G1519G84646But some of them went back to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.G1161G5100G1537G846G565G4314G5330G2532G2036G846G3739G2424G416047So the chief priests and Pharisees called a meeting of the council (the Sanhedrin) and said, What are we to do? For this Man performs many signs (evidences, miracles).G3767G4863G749G2532G5330G4892G2532G3004G5101G4160G3754G3778G444G4160G4183G459248If we let Him alone to go on like this, everyone will believe in Him {and} adhere to Him, and the Romans will come and suppress {and} destroy {and} take away our [holy] place and our nation [our temple and city and our civil organization].G1437G863G846G3779G863G3956G4100G1519G846G2532G4514G2064G2532G142G2532G2257G5117G2532G148449But one of them, Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year, declared, You know nothing at all!G1161G1520G5100G1537G846G2533G5607G749G1565G1763G2036G846G5210G1492G3756G376250Nor do you understand {or} reason out that it is expedient {and} better for your own welfare that one man should die on behalf of the people than that the whole nation should perish (be destroyed, ruined).G3761G1260G3754G4851G2254G2443G1520G444G599G5228G2992G2532G3650G1484G622G336151Now he did not say this simply of his own accord [he was not self-moved]; but being the high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was to die for the nation,G1161G5124G2036G3756G575G1438G235G5607G749G1565G1763G4395G3754G2424G3195G599G5228G148452And not only for the nation but also for the purpose of uniting into one body the children of God who have been scattered far and wide.G2532G3756G5228G1484G3440G235G2443G2532G4863G1519G1520G5043G2316G128753So from that day on they took counsel {and} plotted together how they might put Him to death.G3767G575G1565G2250G4823G2443G615G846G61554For that reason Jesus no longer appeared publicly among the Jews, but left there and retired to the district that borders on the wilderness (the desert), to a village called Ephraim, and there He stayed with the disciples.G2424G3767G4043G3765G3954G1722G2453G235G565G1564G1519G5561G1451G2048G1519G4172G3004G2187G2546G1304G3326G846G310155Now the Jewish Passover was at hand, and many from the country went up to Jerusalem in order that they might purify {and} consecrate themselves before the Passover.G1161G2453G3957G2258G1451G2532G4183G305G1537G5561G1519G2414G4253G3957G2443G48G143856So they kept looking for Jesus and questioned among themselves as they were standing about in the temple [area], What do you think? Will He not come to the Feast at all?G3767G2212G2424G2532G3004G3326G240G2476G1722G2411G5101G1380G5213G3754G2064G3364G2064G1519G185957Now the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it to them, so that they might arrest Him.G1161G2532G749G2532G5330G1325G1785G2443G1437G5100G1097G4226G2076G3377G3704G4084G846
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