João 11
Nova Versão Internacional
A Morte de Lázaro
11 Havia um homem chamado Lázaro. Ele era de Betânia, do povoado de Maria e de sua irmã Marta. E aconteceu que Lázaro ficou doente. 2 Maria, sua irmã, era a mesma que derramara perfume sobre o Senhor e lhe enxugara os pés com os cabelos. 3 Então as irmãs de Lázaro mandaram dizer a Jesus: “Senhor, aquele a quem amas está doente”.
4 Ao ouvir isso, Jesus disse: “Essa doença não acabará em morte; é para a glória de Deus, para que o Filho de Deus seja glorificado por meio dela”. 5 Jesus amava Marta, a irmã dela e Lázaro. 6 No entanto, quando ouviu falar que Lázaro estava doente, ficou mais dois dias onde estava.
7 Depois disse aos seus discípulos: “Vamos voltar para a Judéia”.
8 Estes disseram: “Mestre, há pouco os judeus tentaram apedrejar-te, e assim mesmo vais voltar para lá?”
9 Jesus respondeu: “O dia não tem doze horas? Quem anda de dia não tropeça, pois vê a luz deste mundo. 10 Quando anda de noite, tropeça, pois nele não há luz”.
11 Depois de dizer isso, prosseguiu dizendo-lhes: “Nosso amigo Lázaro adormeceu, mas vou até lá para acordá-lo”.
12 Seus discípulos responderam: “Senhor, se ele dorme, vai melhorar”. 13 Jesus tinha falado de sua morte, mas os seus discípulos pensaram que ele estava falando simplesmente do sono.
14 Então lhes disse claramente: “Lázaro morreu, 15 e para o bem de vocês estou contente por não ter estado lá, para que vocês creiam. Mas, vamos até ele”.
16 Então Tomé, chamado Dídimo[a], disse aos outros discípulos: “Vamos também para morrermos com ele”.
Jesus Conforta as Irmãs de Lázaro
17 Ao chegar, Jesus verificou que Lázaro já estava no sepulcro havia quatro dias. 18 Betânia distava cerca de três quilômetros[b] de Jerusalém, 19 e muitos judeus tinham ido visitar Marta e Maria para confortá-las pela perda do irmão. 20 Quando Marta ouviu que Jesus estava chegando, foi encontrá-lo, mas Maria ficou em casa.
21 Disse Marta a Jesus: “Senhor, se estivesses aqui meu irmão não teria morrido. 22 Mas sei que, mesmo agora, Deus te dará tudo o que pedires”.
23 Disse-lhe Jesus: “O seu irmão vai ressuscitar”.
24 Marta respondeu: “Eu sei que ele vai ressuscitar na ressurreição, no último dia”.
25 Disse-lhe Jesus: “Eu sou a ressurreição e a vida. Aquele que crê em mim, ainda que morra, viverá; 26 e quem vive e crê em mim, não morrerá eternamente. Você crê nisso?”
27 Ela lhe respondeu: “Sim, Senhor, eu tenho crido que tu és o Cristo, o Filho de Deus que devia vir ao mundo”.
28 E depois de dizer isso, foi para casa e, chamando à parte Maria, disse-lhe: “O Mestre está aqui e está chamando você”. 29 Ao ouvir isso, Maria levantou-se depressa e foi ao encontro dele. 30 Jesus ainda não tinha entrado no povoado, mas estava no lugar onde Marta o encontrara. 31 Quando notaram que ela se levantou depressa e saiu, os judeus, que a estavam confortando em casa, seguiram-na, supondo que ela ia ao sepulcro, para ali chorar. 32 Chegando ao lugar onde Jesus estava e vendo-o, Maria prostrou-se aos seus pés e disse: “Senhor, se estivesses aqui meu irmão não teria morrido”.
33 Ao ver chorando Maria e os judeus que a acompanhavam, Jesus agitou-se no espírito e perturbou-se.
34 “Onde o colocaram?”, perguntou ele.
“Vem e vê, Senhor”, responderam eles.
35 Jesus chorou.
36 Então os judeus disseram: “Vejam como ele o amava!”
37 Mas alguns deles disseram: “Ele, que abriu os olhos do cego, não poderia ter impedido que este homem morresse?”
Jesus Ressuscita Lázaro
38 Jesus, outra vez profundamente comovido, foi até o sepulcro. Era uma gruta com uma pedra colocada à entrada.
39 “Tirem a pedra”, disse ele.
Disse Marta, irmã do morto: “Senhor, ele já cheira mal, pois já faz quatro dias”.
40 Disse-lhe Jesus: “Não lhe falei que, se você cresse, veria a glória de Deus?”
41 Então tiraram a pedra. Jesus olhou para cima e disse: “Pai, eu te agradeço porque me ouviste. 42 Eu sei que sempre me ouves, mas disse isso por causa do povo que está aqui, para que creia que tu me enviaste”.
43 Depois de dizer isso, Jesus bradou em alta voz: “Lázaro, venha para fora!” 44 O morto saiu, com as mãos e os pés envolvidos em faixas de linho e o rosto envolto num pano.
Disse-lhes Jesus: “Tirem as faixas dele e deixem-no ir”.
A Conspiração para Matar Jesus
45 Muitos dos judeus que tinham vindo visitar Maria, vendo o que Jesus fizera, creram nele. 46 Mas alguns deles foram contar aos fariseus o que Jesus tinha feito. 47 Então os chefes dos sacerdotes e os fariseus convocaram uma reunião do Sinédrio[c].
“O que estamos fazendo?”, perguntaram eles. “Aí está esse homem realizando muitos sinais miraculosos. 48 Se o deixarmos, todos crerão nele, e então os romanos virão e tirarão tanto o nosso lugar[d] como a nossa nação.”
49 Então um deles, chamado Caifás, que naquele ano era o sumo sacerdote, tomou a palavra e disse: “Nada sabeis! 50 Não percebeis que vos é melhor que morra um homem pelo povo, e que não pereça toda a nação”.
51 Ele não disse isso de si mesmo, mas, sendo o sumo sacerdote naquele ano, profetizou que Jesus morreria pela nação judaica, 52 e não somente por aquela nação, mas também pelos filhos de Deus que estão espalhados, para reuni-los num povo. 53 E daquele dia em diante, resolveram tirar-lhe a vida.
54 Por essa razão, Jesus não andava mais publicamente entre os judeus. Ao invés disso, retirou-se para uma região próxima do deserto, para um povoado chamado Efraim, onde ficou com os seus discípulos.
55 Ao se aproximar a Páscoa judaica, muitos foram daquela região para Jerusalém a fim de participarem das purificações cerimoniais antes da Páscoa. 56 Continuavam procurando Jesus e, no templo, perguntavam uns aos outros: “O que vocês acham? Será que ele virá à festa?” 57 Mas os chefes dos sacerdotes e os fariseus tinham ordenado que, se alguém soubesse onde Jesus estava, o denunciasse, para que o pudessem prender.
John 11
Amplified Bible
The Death and Resurrection of Lazarus
11 Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from [a]Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived. 2 It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.(A) 3 So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, he [our brother and Your friend] whom You love is sick.” 4 When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death; but [on the contrary it is] for the glory and honor of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.” 5 Now Jesus loved and was concerned about Martha and her sister and Lazarus [and considered them dear friends]. 6 [b]So [even] when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed in the same place two more days. 7 Then He said to His disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.” 8 The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi (Teacher), the Jews were only recently going to stone You, and You are [thinking of] going back there again?” 9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours [of light] in the day? Anyone who walks in the daytime does not stumble, because he sees [by] the light of this world. 10 But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.” 11 He said this, and after that said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him.” 12 The disciples answered, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” 13 However, Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was referring to natural sleep. 14 So then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. 15 And for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” 16 Then Thomas, who was called Didymus (the twin), said to his fellow disciples, “Let us go too, that we may die with Him.”
17 So when Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb [c]four days. 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away; 19 and many of the Jews had come to see Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning [the loss of] their brother. 20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet Him, while Mary remained sitting in the house. 21 Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 Even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give to You.” 23 Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise [from the dead].” 24 Martha replied, “I know that he will rise [from the dead] in the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, “[d]I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in (adheres to, trusts in, relies on) Me [as Savior] will live even if he dies; 26 and everyone who lives and believes in Me [as Savior] will never die. Do you believe this?” 27 She said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have believed and continue to believe that You are the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), the Son of God, [e]He who was [destined and promised] to come into the world [and it is for You that the world has waited].”
28 After she had said this, she left and called her sister Mary, privately whispering [to her], “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.” 29 And when she heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him.
30 Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him. 31 So when the Jews who were with her in the house comforting her, saw how quickly Mary got up and left, they followed her, assuming that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 32 When Mary came [to the place] where Jesus was and saw Him, she fell at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 When Jesus saw her sobbing, and the Jews who had come with her also sobbing, He was [f]deeply moved in spirit [to the point of anger at the sorrow caused by death] and was troubled, 34 and said, “Where have you laid him?” They said, “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus wept. 36 So the Jews were saying, “See how He loved him [as a close friend]!” 37 But some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the blind man’s eyes, have kept this man from dying?”
38 So Jesus, again deeply moved within [to the point of anger], approached the tomb. It was a cave, and a boulder was lying against it [to cover the entrance]. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there will be an offensive odor, for he has been dead four days! [It is hopeless!]” 40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe [in Me], you will see the glory of God [the expression of His excellence]?” 41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus raised His eyes [toward heaven] and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42 I knew that You always hear Me and listen to Me; but I have said this because of the people standing around, so that they may believe that You have sent Me [and that You have made Me Your representative].” 43 When He had said this, He shouted with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 Out came the man who had been dead, his hands and feet tightly wrapped in burial cloths (linen strips), and with a [burial] cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them, “Unwrap him and release him.”
45 So then, many of the Jews who had come to [be with] Mary and who were eyewitnesses to what Jesus had done, believed in Him. 46 But some of them went back to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
Conspiracy to Kill Jesus
47 So the chief priests and Pharisees convened a council [of the leaders in Israel], and said, “What are we doing? For this man performs many signs (attesting miracles). 48 If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our [holy] place (the temple) and our nation.” 49 But one of them, [g]Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year [the year of Christ’s crucifixion], said to them, “You know nothing at all! 50 Nor do you understand that it is expedient and politically advantageous for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.” 51 Now he did not say this [simply] on his own initiative; but being the high priest that year, he [was unknowingly used by God and] prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,(B) 52 and not only for the nation, but also for the purpose of gathering together into one body the children of God who have been scattered abroad.(C) 53 So from that day on they planned together to kill Him.
54 For that reason Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but left there and went to the district that borders on the uninhabited wilderness, to a town called Ephraim; and He stayed there with the disciples.
55 Now the Passover of the Jews was approaching, and many from the country went up to Jerusalem before Passover to purify themselves [ceremonially, so that they would be able to participate in the feast]. 56 So they were looking for Jesus as they stood in the temple [area], and saying among themselves, “What do you think? Will He not come to the feast at all?” 57 Now the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he was to report it so that they might arrest Him.
Footnotes
- John 11:1 Two cities named Bethany are mentioned in the NT. This one is located on the east side of the Mount of Olives, about two miles from Jerusalem, on the road to Jericho; the other city is “Bethany across the Jordan” (1:28) in Perea.
- John 11:6 The delay by Jesus was to assure everyone that Lazarus was truly dead, as the context which follows makes clear.
- John 11:17 Jesus purposefully stayed away for four days after Lazarus’ death. The Jews believed the soul hovered around the body for three days during which there was still hope. After four days all hope was gone.
- John 11:25 The fifth of the memorable “I am” statements. See note 6:35.
- John 11:27 The Coming One was a Messianic title.
- John 11:33 In Greek this term suggests an emotional indignation or sternness. Jesus was angry at the sorrow caused by death. It occurs four more times in the NT in reference to Jesus’ words or His feelings. See Matt 9:30; Mark 1:43; John 11:38; 13:21.
- John 11:49 High priest from a.d. 18-36. Annas, his father-in-law, was officially high priest only from a.d. 7-14, but he exercised great influence and power during the term of Caiaphas.
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