John 11:34-54

New American Standard Bible

³⁴ and He said, “Where have you laid him?” They *said to Him, “Lord, come and see.” ³⁵ Jesus ^(A)wept. ³⁶ So ^(B)the Jews were saying, “See how He ^(C)loved him!” ³⁷ But some of them said, “Could this man, who ^(D)opened the eyes of the man who was blind, not have also ^[a]kept this man from dying?”

³⁸ So Jesus, again being deeply moved within, *came to the tomb. Now it was a ^(E)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 ^[b]there will be a stench, for he has been dead ^(F)four days.” ⁴⁰ Jesus *said to her, “^(G)Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” ⁴¹ So they removed the ^(H)stone. And Jesus ^(I)raised His eyes, and said, “^(J)Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. ⁴² But I knew that You always hear Me; nevertheless, ^(K)because of the ^[c]people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that ^(L)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, ^(M)bound hand and foot with wrappings, and ^(N)his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus *said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

^45 (O)Therefore many of the Jews ^(P)who came to Mary, and ^(Q)saw what He had done, believed in Him. ⁴⁶ But some of them went to the ^(R)Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.

Conspiracy to Kill Jesus

⁴⁷ Therefore ^(S)the chief priests and the Pharisees ^(T)convened a ^(U)council meeting, and they were saying, “What are we ^[d]doing in regard to the fact that this man is performing many ^[e](V)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 ^[f](W)place and our nation.” ⁴⁹ But one of them, ^(X)Caiaphas, ^(Y)who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, ⁵⁰ nor are you taking into account that ^(Z)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 ^[g]on his own, but ^(AA)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 ^(AB)gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. ⁵³ So from that day on they ^(AC)planned together to kill Him.

⁵⁴ Therefore Jesus ^(AD)no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, into a city called ^(AE)Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.