John 11
New American Standard Bible
The Death and Resurrection of Lazarus
11 Now a certain man was sick: Lazarus of (A)Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister (B)Martha. 2 And it was the Mary who (C)anointed (D)the Lord with [a]ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “(E)Lord, behold, (F)he whom You love is sick.” 4 But when Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness is not [b]meant for death, but is for (G)the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.” 5 (Now Jesus loved (H)Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.) 6 So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was. 7 Then after this He *said to the disciples, “(I)Let’s go to Judea again.” 8 The disciples *said to Him, “(J)Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking (K)to stone You, and yet You are going there again?” 9 Jesus replied, “(L)Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks during the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if anyone walks during the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in [c]him.” 11 This He said, and after this He *said to them, “Our (M)friend Lazarus (N)has fallen asleep; but I am going so that I may awaken him from sleep.” 12 The disciples then said to Him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will [d]come out of it.” 13 Now (O)Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about [e]actual sleep. 14 So Jesus then said to them plainly, “Lazarus died, 15 and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let’s go to him.” 16 (P)Therefore Thomas, who was called [f](Q)Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s also go, so that we may die with Him!”
17 So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb (R)four days. 18 Now (S)Bethany was near Jerusalem, about [g]fifteen stadia away; 19 and many of (T)the Jews had come to (U)Martha and Mary, (V)to console them about their brother. 20 So then (W)Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but (X)Mary [h]stayed in the house. 21 Martha then said to Jesus, “(Y)Lord, (Z)if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 Even now I know that (AA)whatever You ask of God, God will give You.” 23 Jesus *said to her, “Your brother will rise from the dead.” 24 Martha *said to Him, “(AB)I know that he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, “(AC)I am the resurrection and the life; the one who believes in Me will live, even if he dies, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in Me (AD)will never die. Do you believe this?” 27 She *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have come to believe that You are (AE)the [i]Christ, the Son of God, and [j](AF)He who comes into the world.”
28 When she had said this, she (AG)left and called Mary her sister, saying secretly, “(AH)The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” 29 And when she heard this, she *got up quickly and came to Him.
30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but (AI)was still at the place where Martha met Him. 31 (AJ)Then the Jews who were with her in the house and were (AK)consoling her, when they saw that Mary had gotten up quickly and left, they followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 32 So when Mary came to the place where Jesus was, she saw Him and fell at His feet, saying to Him, “(AL)Lord, (AM)if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 Therefore when Jesus saw her weeping, and (AN)the Jews who came with her also weeping, He (AO)was deeply moved in spirit and [k](AP)was troubled, 34 and He said, “Where have you laid him?” They *said to Him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus (AQ)wept. 36 So (AR)the Jews were saying, “See how He (AS)loved him!” 37 But some of them said, “Could this man, who (AT)opened the eyes of the man who was blind, not have also [l]kept this man from dying?”
38 So Jesus, again being deeply moved within, *came to the tomb. Now it was a (AU)cave, and a stone was lying against it. 39 Jesus *said, “Remove the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, *said to Him, “Lord, by this time [m]there will be a stench, for he has been dead (AV)four days.” 40 Jesus *said to her, “(AW)Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” 41 So they removed the (AX)stone. And Jesus (AY)raised His eyes, and said, “(AZ)Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42 But I knew that You always hear Me; nevertheless, (BA)because of the [n]people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that (BB)You sent Me.” 43 And when He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 Out came the man who had died, (BC)bound hand and foot with wrappings, and (BD)his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus *said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
45 (BE)Therefore many of the Jews (BF)who came to Mary, and (BG)saw what He had done, believed in Him. 46 But some of them went to the (BH)Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.
Conspiracy to Kill Jesus
47 Therefore (BI)the chief priests and the Pharisees (BJ)convened a (BK)council meeting, and they were saying, “What are we [o]doing in regard to the fact that this man is performing many [p](BL)signs? 48 If we let Him go on like this, all the people will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take over both our [q](BM)place and our nation.” 49 But one of them, (BN)Caiaphas, (BO)who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, 50 nor are you taking into account that (BP)it is in your best interest that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish instead.” 51 Now he did not say this [r]on his own, but (BQ)as he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation; 52 and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also (BR)gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. 53 So from that day on they (BS)planned together to kill Him.
54 Therefore Jesus (BT)no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, into a city called (BU)Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.
55 Now (BV)the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country prior to the Passover, (BW)in order to [s]purify themselves. 56 So they (BX)were looking for Jesus, and saying to one another as they stood in the temple area, “What do you think; that He will not come to the feast at all?” 57 Now (BY)the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he was to report it, so that they might arrest Him.
Footnotes
- John 11:2 Or perfume
- John 11:4 Lit toward death
- John 11:10 Or it; i.e., the world
- John 11:12 Lit be saved
- John 11:13 Lit the slumber of sleep
- John 11:16 I.e., the Twin
- John 11:18 Possibly 2 miles or 3 km; a Roman stadion perhaps averaged 607 ft. or 185 m
- John 11:20 Lit was sitting
- John 11:27 I.e., Messiah
- John 11:27 The Coming One was a Messianic title
- John 11:33 Lit troubled Himself
- John 11:37 Lit done so that this man also would not die
- John 11:39 Lit he stinks
- John 11:42 Lit crowd
- John 11:47 Or doing? For this
- John 11:47 I.e., confirming miracles
- John 11:48 Possibly meaning the temple
- John 11:51 Lit from himself
- John 11:55 I.e., undergo required cleansing rituals
John 11
GOD’S WORD Translation
Jesus Brings Lazarus Back to Life
11 Lazarus, who lived in Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived, was sick. 2 (Mary was the woman who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair. Her brother Lazarus was the one who was sick.)
3 So the sisters sent a messenger to tell Jesus, “Lord, your close friend is sick.”
4 When Jesus heard the message, he said, “His sickness won’t result in death. Instead, this sickness will bring glory to God so that the Son of God will receive glory through it.”
5 Jesus loved Martha, her sister, and Lazarus. 6 Yet, when Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was for two more days.
7 Then, after the two days, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.”
8 The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, not long ago the Jews wanted to stone you to death. Do you really want to go back there?”
9 Jesus answered, “Aren’t there twelve hours of daylight? Those who walk during the day don’t stumble, because they see the light of this world. 10 However, those who walk at night stumble because they have no light in themselves.”
11 After Jesus said this, he told his disciples, “Our friend Lazarus is sleeping, and I’m going to Bethany to wake him.”
12 His disciples said to him, “Lord, if he’s sleeping, he’ll get well.”
13 Jesus meant that Lazarus was dead, but the disciples thought Jesus meant that Lazarus was only sleeping. 14 Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died, 15 but I’m glad that I wasn’t there so that you can grow in faith. Let’s go to Lazarus.”
16 Thomas, who was called Didymus, said to the rest of the disciples, “Let’s go so that we, too, can die with Jesus.”
17 When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days. 18 (Bethany was near Jerusalem, not quite two miles away.) 19 Many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.
20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him. Mary stayed at home. 21 Martha told Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask him.”
23 Jesus told Martha, “Your brother will come back to life.”
24 Martha answered Jesus, “I know that he’ll come back to life on the last day, when everyone will come back to life.”
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the one who brings people back to life, and I am life itself. Those who believe in me will live even if they die. 26 Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe that?”
27 Martha said to him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who was expected to come into the world.”
28 After Martha had said this, she went back home and whispered to her sister Mary, “The teacher is here, and he is calling for you.”
29 When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to Jesus. 30 (Jesus had not yet come into the village but was still where Martha had met him.) 31 The Jews who were comforting Mary in the house saw her get up quickly and leave. So they followed her. They thought that she was going to the tomb to cry. 32 When Mary arrived where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who were crying with her, he was deeply moved and troubled.
34 So Jesus asked, “Where did you put Lazarus?”
They answered him, “Lord, come and see.”
35 Jesus cried. 36 The Jews said, “See how much Jesus loved him.” 37 But some of the Jews asked, “Couldn’t this man who gave a blind man sight keep Lazarus from dying?”
38 Deeply moved again, Jesus went to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone covering the entrance. 39 Jesus said, “Take the stone away.”
Martha, the dead man’s sister, told Jesus, “Lord, there must already be a stench. He’s been dead for four days.”
40 Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believe, you would see God’s glory?” 41 So the stone was moved away from the entrance of the tomb.
Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you for hearing me. 42 I’ve known that you always hear me. However, I’ve said this so that the crowd standing around me will believe that you sent me.” 43 After Jesus had said this, he shouted as loudly as he could, “Lazarus, come out!”
44 The dead man came out. Strips of cloth were wound around his feet and hands, and his face was wrapped with a handkerchief. Jesus told them, “Free Lazarus, and let him go.”
The Jewish Council Plans to Kill Jesus
45 Many Jews who had visited Mary and had seen what Jesus had done believed in him. 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council. They asked, “What are we doing? This man is performing a lot of miracles. 48 If we let him continue what he’s doing, everyone will believe in him. Then the Romans will take away our position and our nation.”
49 One of them, Caiaphas, who was chief priest that year, told them, “You people don’t know anything. 50 You haven’t even considered this: It is better for one man to die for the people than for the whole nation to be destroyed.”
51 Caiaphas didn’t say this on his own. As chief priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation. 52 He prophesied that Jesus wouldn’t die merely for this nation, but that Jesus would die to bring God’s scattered children together and make them one.
53 From that day on, the Jewish council planned to kill Jesus. 54 So Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews. Instead, he left Bethany and went to the countryside near the desert, to a city called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.
55 The Jewish Passover was near. Many people came from the countryside to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover. 56 As they stood in the temple courtyard, they looked for Jesus and asked each other, “Do you think that he’ll avoid coming to the festival?” 57 (The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that whoever knew where Jesus was should tell them so that they could arrest him.)
Juan 11
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Muerte de Lázaro
11 Estaba enfermo cierto hombre llamado Lázaro, de Betania(A), la aldea de María y de su hermana Marta(B). 2 María, cuyo hermano Lázaro estaba enfermo, fue la que ungió al Señor(C) con perfume y le secó los pies con sus cabellos(D). 3 Las hermanas entonces mandaron a decir a Jesús: «Señor(E), el que Tú amas(F) está enfermo». 4 Cuando Jesús lo oyó, dijo: «Esta enfermedad no es para muerte, sino para la gloria de Dios(G), para que el Hijo de Dios sea glorificado por medio de ella». 5 Y Jesús amaba a Marta, a su hermana y a Lázaro(H).
6 Cuando oyó, pues, que Lázaro estaba enfermo, entonces se quedó dos días más en el lugar donde estaba. 7 Luego, después de esto, dijo* a Sus discípulos: «Vamos de nuevo a Judea(I)». 8 Los discípulos le dijeron*: «Rabí[a](J), hace poco que[b] los judíos te querían apedrear(K), ¿y vas allá otra vez?». 9 Jesús respondió: «¿No hay doce horas en el día? Si alguien anda de día no tropieza, porque ve la luz de este mundo(L). 10 Pero si alguien anda de noche, tropieza, porque la luz no está en él».
11 Dijo esto, y después añadió[c]: «Nuestro amigo Lázaro(M) se ha dormido(N); pero voy a despertarlo». 12 Los discípulos entonces le dijeron: «Señor, si se ha dormido, se recuperará[d]». 13 Jesús había hablado de la muerte de Lázaro[e], pero ellos creyeron que hablaba literalmente del sueño[f](O). 14 Entonces Jesús, por eso, les dijo claramente: «Lázaro ha muerto; 15 y por causa de ustedes me alegro de no haber estado allí, para que crean; pero vamos a donde está él». 16 Tomás(P), llamado el Dídimo[g](Q), dijo entonces a sus condiscípulos: «Vamos nosotros también para morir con Él».
17 Llegó, pues, Jesús y halló que ya hacía cuatro días(R) que Lázaro estaba en el sepulcro. 18 Betania(S) estaba cerca de Jerusalén, como a tres kilómetros; 19 y muchos de los judíos(T) habían venido a la casa de Marta y María(U), para consolarlas(V) por la muerte de su hermano. 20 Entonces Marta, cuando oyó que Jesús venía, lo fue a recibir, pero María(W) se quedó sentada en casa.
21 Y[h] Marta dijo a Jesús: «Señor(X), si hubieras estado aquí, mi hermano no habría muerto(Y). 22 Aun ahora, yo sé que todo lo que pidas a Dios, Dios te lo concederá(Z)». 23 «Tu hermano resucitará», le dijo* Jesús.
24 Marta le contestó*: «Yo sé que resucitará en la resurrección(AA), en el día final». 25 Jesús le contestó: «Yo soy la resurrección y la vida(AB); el que cree en Mí, aunque muera, vivirá, 26 y todo el que vive y cree en Mí, no morirá jamás(AC). ¿Crees esto?». 27 Ella le dijo*: «Sí, Señor; yo he creído que Tú eres el Cristo[i], el Hijo de Dios(AD), o sea, el que viene[j] al mundo(AE)».
28 Habiendo dicho esto, Marta se fue(AF) y llamó a su hermana María, diciéndole en secreto: «El Maestro(AG) está aquí, y te llama». 29 Tan pronto como ella lo oyó, se levantó* rápidamente y fue hacia Él.
30 Porque Jesús aún no había entrado en la aldea, sino que todavía estaba en el lugar donde Marta lo había encontrado(AH). 31 Entonces los judíos que estaban con ella en la casa consolándola(AI), cuando vieron que María se levantó de prisa y salió, la siguieron(AJ), suponiendo que iba al sepulcro a llorar allí.
32 Al llegar María adonde estaba Jesús, cuando lo vio, se arrojó a Sus pies, diciendo: «Señor(AK), si hubieras estado aquí, mi hermano no habría muerto(AL)». 33 Y[k] cuando Jesús la vio llorando, y a los judíos(AM) que vinieron con ella llorando también, se conmovió profundamente(AN) en el espíritu, y se entristeció[l](AO). 34 «¿Dónde lo pusieron?», preguntó Jesús. «Señor, ven y ve», le dijeron*.
35 Jesús lloró(AP). 36 Por eso los judíos(AQ) decían: «Miren, cómo lo amaba(AR)». 37 Pero algunos de ellos dijeron: «¿No podía Este, que abrió los ojos del ciego(AS), haber evitado también que Lázaro muriera[m]?».
Resurrección de Lázaro
38 Entonces Jesús, de nuevo profundamente conmovido, fue* al sepulcro. Era una cueva, y tenía una piedra puesta sobre ella(AT). 39 «Quiten la piedra», dijo* Jesús. Marta, hermana del que había muerto, le dijo*: «Señor, ya huele mal, porque hace cuatro días(AU) que murió». 40 Jesús le dijo*: «¿No te dije que si crees, verás la gloria de Dios(AV)?».
41 Entonces quitaron la piedra(AW). Jesús alzó los ojos(AX), y dijo: «Padre, te doy gracias(AY) porque me has oído. 42 Yo sabía que siempre me oyes; pero lo dije por causa de la multitud(AZ) que me rodea, para que crean que Tú me has enviado(BA)». 43 Habiendo dicho esto, gritó con fuerte voz: «¡Lázaro, sal fuera!».
44 Y el que había muerto salió, los pies y las manos atados(BB) con vendas, y el rostro envuelto en un sudario(BC). Jesús les dijo*: «Desátenlo, y déjenlo ir».
Complot para matar a Jesús
45 Por esto muchos de los judíos que habían venido a ver a María(BD), y vieron lo que Jesús había hecho, creyeron en Él(BE). 46 Pero algunos de ellos fueron a los fariseos(BF) y les contaron lo que Jesús había hecho.
47 Entonces los principales sacerdotes y los fariseos(BG) convocaron(BH) un concilio(BI), y decían: «¿Qué hacemos? Porque este hombre hace muchas señales[n](BJ). 48 Si lo dejamos seguir así, todos van a creer en Él, y los romanos vendrán y nos quitarán nuestro lugar[o](BK) y nuestra[p] nación». 49 Pero uno de ellos, Caifás, que era sumo sacerdote(BL) ese año(BM), les dijo: «Ustedes no saben nada, 50 ni tienen en cuenta que les es más conveniente que un hombre muera por el pueblo(BN), y no que toda la nación perezca».
51 Ahora bien, no dijo esto de su propia iniciativa[q], sino que siendo el sumo sacerdote ese año(BO), profetizó que Jesús iba a morir por la nación; 52 y no solo por la nación, sino también para reunir en uno a los hijos de Dios que están esparcidos(BP). 53 Así que, desde ese día planearon entre sí matar a Jesús(BQ).
54 Por eso Jesús ya no andaba públicamente entre los judíos(BR), sino que se fue de allí a la región cerca del desierto, a una ciudad llamada Efraín(BS); y se quedó allí con los discípulos. 55 Estaba cerca la Pascua de los judíos(BT), y muchos de la región subieron a Jerusalén antes de la Pascua para purificarse(BU). 56 Entonces buscaban a Jesús, y estando ellos en el templo, se decían unos a otros: «¿Qué les parece? ¿Que vendrá a la fiesta o no(BV)?». 57 Y los principales sacerdotes y los fariseos(BW) habían dado órdenes de que si alguien sabía dónde estaba Jesús, diera aviso para que lo prendieran.
Footnotes
- Juan 11:8 O Maestro.
- Juan 11:8 Lit. ahora.
- Juan 11:11 Lit. les dice.
- Juan 11:12 Lit. se salvará.
- Juan 11:13 Lit. su muerte.
- Juan 11:13 Lit. del sopor del sueño.
- Juan 11:16 I.e. el Gemelo.
- Juan 11:21 Lit. Por tanto.
- Juan 11:27 I.e. el Mesías.
- Juan 11:27 «El Que Viene» era el título que se daba al Mesías prometido.
- Juan 11:33 Lit. Por tanto.
- Juan 11:33 Lit. se turbó.
- Juan 11:37 Lit. haber hecho también que este no muriera.
- Juan 11:47 O muchos milagros.
- Juan 11:48 I.e. el templo.
- Juan 11:48 Lit. el lugar y la.
- Juan 11:51 Lit. de sí mismo.
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