Juan 11
La Palabra (España)
Séptimo signo (11—12)
Muerte y resurrección de Lázaro
11 Un hombre llamado Lázaro había caído enfermo. Era natural de Betania, el pueblo de María y de su hermana Marta. 2 (María, hermana de Lázaro, el enfermo, era la misma que derramó perfume sobre los pies del Señor y se los secó con sus cabellos.) 3 Las hermanas de Lázaro mandaron a Jesús este recado:
— Señor, tu amigo está enfermo.
4 Jesús, al enterarse, dijo:
— Esta enfermedad no terminará en la muerte, sino que tiene como finalidad manifestar la gloria de Dios; por medio de ella resplandecerá la gloria del Hijo de Dios.
5 Jesús tenía una gran amistad con Marta, con su hermana María y con Lázaro. 6 Sin embargo, a pesar de haberse enterado de que Lázaro estaba enfermo, continuó en aquel lugar otro par de días. 7 Pasado este tiempo, dijo a sus discípulos:
— Vamos otra vez a Judea.
8 Los discípulos exclamaron:
— Maestro, hace bien poco que los judíos intentaron apedrearte; ¿cómo es posible que quieras volver allá?
9 Jesús respondió:
— ¿No es cierto que es de día durante doce horas? Si uno camina mientras es de día, no tropezará porque la luz de este mundo ilumina su camino. 10 En cambio, si uno anda de noche, tropezará ya que le falta la luz.
11 Y añadió:
— Nuestro amigo Lázaro se ha dormido, pero yo voy a despertarlo.
12 Los discípulos comentaron:
— Señor, si se ha dormido, quiere decir que se recuperará.
13 Creían ellos que Jesús se refería al sueño natural, pero él hablaba de la muerte de Lázaro. 14 Entonces Jesús se expresó claramente:
— Lázaro ha muerto. 15 Y me alegro por vosotros de no haber estado allí, porque así tendréis un motivo más para creer. Vamos, pues, allá.
16 Tomás, apodado “el Mellizo”, dijo a los otros discípulos:
— ¡Vamos también nosotros y muramos con él!
Jesús, vida y resurrección de los muertos
17 A su llegada, Jesús se encontró con que Lázaro había sido sepultado hacía ya cuatro días. 18 Como Betania está muy cerca de Jerusalén —unos dos kilómetros y medio—, 19 muchos judíos habían ido a visitar a Marta y a María para darles el pésame por la muerte de su hermano. 20 En cuanto Marta se enteró de que Jesús llegaba, le salió al encuentro. María, por su parte, se quedó en casa. 21 Marta dijo a Jesús:
— Señor, si hubieras estado aquí, no habría muerto mi hermano. 22 Pero aun así, yo sé que todo lo que pidas a Dios, él te lo concederá.
23 Jesús le contestó:
— Tu hermano resucitará.
24 Marta replicó:
— Sé muy bien que volverá a la vida al fin de los tiempos, cuando tenga lugar la resurrección de los muertos.
25 Jesús entonces le dijo:
— Yo soy la resurrección y la vida. El que cree en mí, aunque muera, vivirá; 26 y ninguno de los que viven y tienen fe en mi morirá para siempre. ¿Crees esto?
27 Marta contestó:
— Sí, Señor; yo creo que tú eres el Mesías, el Hijo de Dios, que había de venir al mundo.
Lágrimas de Jesús ante la tumba
28 Dicho esto, Marta fue a llamar a su hermana María y le dijo al oído:
— El Maestro está aquí y pregunta por ti.
29 María se levantó rápidamente y salió al encuentro de Jesús, 30 que no había entrado todavía en el pueblo, sino que estaba aún en el lugar en que Marta se había encontrado con él.
31 Los judíos que estaban en casa con María, consolándola, al ver que se levantaba y salía muy de prisa, la siguieron, pensando que iría a la tumba de su hermano para llorar allí. 32 Cuando María llegó al lugar donde estaba Jesús y lo vio, se arrojó a sus pies y exclamó:
— Señor, si hubieras estado aquí, no habría muerto mi hermano.
33 Jesús, al verla llorar a ella y a los judíos que la acompañaban, lanzó un suspiro y, profundamente emocionado, 34 preguntó:
— ¿Dónde lo habéis sepultado?
Ellos contestaron:
— Ven a verlo, Señor.
35 Jesús se echó a llorar, 36 y los judíos allí presentes comentaban:
— Bien se ve que lo quería de verdad.
37 Pero algunos dijeron:
— Y este, que dio vista al ciego, ¿no podría haber hecho algo para evitar la muerte de su amigo?
Lázaro vuelve a la vida
38 Jesús, de nuevo profundamente emocionado, se acercó a la tumba. Era una cueva cuya entrada estaba tapada con una piedra. 39 Jesús les ordenó:
— Quitad la piedra.
Marta, la hermana del difunto, le advirtió:
— Señor, tiene que oler ya, pues lleva sepultado cuatro días.
40 Jesús le contestó:
— ¿No te he dicho que, si tienes fe, verás la gloria de Dios?
41 Quitaron, pues, la piedra y Jesús, mirando al cielo, exclamó:
— Padre, te doy gracias porque me has escuchado. 42 Yo sé que me escuchas siempre; si me expreso así, es por los que están aquí, para que crean que tú me has enviado.
43 Dicho esto, exclamó con voz potente:
— ¡Lázaro, sal afuera!
44 Y salió el muerto con las manos y los pies ligados con vendas, y la cara envuelta en un sudario. Jesús les dijo:
— Quitadle las vendas y dejadlo andar.
Deciden matar a Jesús
45 Al ver lo que había hecho Jesús, muchos de los judíos que habían ido a visitar a María creyeron en él. 46 Otros, sin embargo, fueron a contar a los fariseos lo que Jesús acababa de hacer. 47 Entonces, los jefes de los sacerdotes y los fariseos convocaron una reunión urgente del Consejo Supremo donde acordaron:
— Es necesario tomar alguna medida ya que este hombre está haciendo muchas cosas sorprendentes. 48 Si dejamos que continúe así, todo el mundo va a creer en él, con lo que las autoridades romanas tendrán que intervenir y destruirán nuestro Templo y nuestra nación.
49 Uno de ellos llamado Caifás, que era el sumo sacerdote aquel año, se explicó así:
— Si fuerais perspicaces, 50 os daríais cuenta de que es preferible que muera un solo hombre por el pueblo a que toda la nación sea destruida.
51 En realidad, Caifás no hizo esta propuesta por su propia cuenta, sino que, por ocupar el cargo de sumo sacerdote aquel año, anunció en nombre de Dios que Jesús iba a morir por la nación. 52 Y no solamente por la nación judía, sino para conseguir la unión de todos los hijos de Dios que se hallaban dispersos.
53 A partir de aquel momento, tomaron el acuerdo de dar muerte a Jesús. 54 Por este motivo, Jesús dejó de andar públicamente entre los judíos. Abandonó la región de Judea y se encaminó a un pueblo llamado Efraín, cercano al desierto. Allí se quedó con sus discípulos durante algún tiempo.
55 Estaba próxima la fiesta judía de la Pascua. Ya antes de la fiesta era mucha la gente que subía a Jerusalén desde las distintas regiones del país para cumplir los ritos de la purificación. 56 Como buscaban a Jesús, se preguntaban unos a otros al encontrarse en el Templo:
— ¿Qué os parece? ¿Vendrá o no vendrá a la fiesta?
57 Los jefes de los sacerdotes y los fariseos habían dado órdenes terminantes de que, si alguien sabía donde se encontraba Jesús, les informara para apresarlo.
John 11
King James Version
11 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
7 Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.
21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.
23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.
30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.
31 The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.
34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.
40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.
47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
55 And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
56 Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?
57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.
John 11
1599 Geneva Bible
11 1 Christ, to show that he is, 25 the life and the resurrection, 14 cometh to Lazarus being dead, 17, 34 and buried, 43 and raiseth him up. 47 As the Priests were consulting together, 49 Caiaphas 50 prophecieth that one must die for the people. 56, 57 They command to seek Christ out, and to take him.
1 And [a]a certain man was sick, named Lazarus of Bethany, the [b]town of Mary, and her sister Martha.
2 (And it was that (A)Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest, is sick.
4 When Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not unto [c]death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
5 ¶ Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 [d]And after he had heard that he was sick, yet abode he two days still in the same place where he was.
7 Then after that, said he to his disciples, Let us go into Judea again.
8 [e]The disciples said unto him, Master, the Jews lately sought to (B)stone thee, and dost thou go thither again?
9 Jesus answered, Are there not [f]twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
11 These things spake he, and after, he said unto them, Our friend Lazarus [g]sleepeth: but I go to wake him up.
12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall be safe.
13 Howbeit, Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of the natural sleep.
14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
15 And I am glad for your sakes, that I was not there, that ye may believe: but let us go unto him.
16 Then said Thomas (which is called Didymus) unto his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
17 ¶ Then came Jesus, and found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
18 (Now Bethany was near unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.)
19 [h]And many of the Jews were come to Martha and Mary to comfort them for their brother.
20 Then Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet him: but Mary sat still in the house.
21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not been dead.
22 But now I know also, that whatsoever thou askest of God, God will give it thee.
23 Jesus said unto her, Thy brother shall [i]rise again.
24 Martha said unto him, I know that he shall rise again (C)in the resurrection at the last day.
25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life: (D)he that believeth in me, though he were dead yet shall he live.
26 And whosoever liveth, and believeth in me, shall never die: Believest thou this?
27 She said unto him, Yea, Lord, I believe that thou art that Christ that Son of God, which should come into the world.
28 ¶ And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
29 And when she heard it, she arose quickly, and came unto him.
30 For Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met him.
31 The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily, and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave, to weep there.
32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not been dead.
33 [j]When Jesus therefore saw her weep, and the Jews also weep which came with her, he [k]groaned in the spirit, and was troubled in himself,
34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
35 And Jesus wept.
36 Then said the Jews, behold, how he loved him.
37 And some of them said, (E)Could not he which opened the eyes of the blind, have made also, that this man should not have died?
38 Jesus therefore again groaned in himself, and came to the grave. And it was a cave, and a stone was laid upon it.
39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha the sister of him that was dead, said unto him, Lord, he stinketh already for he hath been dead four days.
40 Jesus said unto her, Said I not unto thee, that if thou didst believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee, because thou hast heard me.
42 I know that thou hearest me always, but because of the people that stand by, I said it, that they may believe, that thou hast sent me.
43 As he had spoken these things, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
44 Then he that was dead, came forth, bound hand and foot with bands, and his face was bound with a napkin. Jesus said unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
45 ¶ Then many of the Jews, which came to Mary, and had seen the things, which Jesus did, believed in him.
46 [l]But some of them went their way to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.
47 Then gathered the high Priests, and the Pharisees a [m]council, and said, What shall we do? For this man doeth many miracles.
48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe in him, and the Romans will come and [n]take away both our place, and the nation.
49 [o]Then one of them named Caiaphas, which was the high Priest that same year, said unto them, Ye perceive nothing at all,
50 (F)Nor yet do you consider that it is expedient for us, that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
51 [p]This spake he not of himself: but being high Priest that same year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation:
52 And not for that nation only, but that he should gather together in one the children of God, which [q]were scattered.
53 Then from that day forth they consulted together, to put him to death.
54 [r]Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
55 ¶ And the Jews’ Passover was at hand, and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
56 Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the Temple, What think ye, that he cometh not to the feast?
57 Now both the high Priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that if any man knew where he were, he should show it, that they might take him.
Footnotes
- John 11:1 Christ in restoring the stinking carcass of his friend to life, showeth an example both of his mighty power, and also of his singular good will toward men: which is also an image of the resurrection to come.
- John 11:1 Where his sisters dwelt.
- John 11:4 That is to say, sent for the purpose to kill him.
- John 11:6 In that, that God seemeth sometimes to linger in helping of us, he doeth it both for his glory, and for our salvation, as the falling out of the matter in the end, plainly proveth.
- John 11:8 This only is the sure and right way to life, to follow God boldly without fear, who calleth us and shineth before us in the darkness of this world.
- John 11:9 All things are fitly wrought and brought to pass in their season.
- John 11:11 The Jews used a milder kind of speech, and called death a sleep, whereupon in other languages the place of burial where the dead are laid, waiting for the resurrection, is called a sleeping place.
- John 11:19 God who is the maker of nature, doth not condemn natural affections, but showeth that they ought to be examined by the rule of faith.
- John 11:23 That is, shall recover life again.
- John 11:33 Christ took upon him together with our flesh all affections of man (sin only excepted) and amongst them especially mercy and compassion.
- John 11:33 These are tokens that he was greatly moved, but yet they were without sin: and these affections are proper to man’s nature.
- John 11:46 The last point of hard and iron-like stubbornness is this, to proclaim open war against God, and yet ceaseth not to make a presence both of godliness and of the profit of the commonwealth.
- John 11:47 The Jews called the council Sanhedrin: and the word that John useth is Synedri.
- John 11:48 That is, take away from us by force: for at that time, though the high Priest’s authority was greatly lessened and decayed, yet there was some kind of government left among the Jews.
- John 11:49 The raging and mad company of the false Church, persuade themselves that they cannot be in safety, unless he is taken away, who only upholdeth the Church: And so likewise judgeth the wisdom of the flesh in worldly affairs, which is governed by the spirit of giddiness or madness.
- John 11:51 Christ doth sometimes so turn the tongues, even of the wicked, that in cursing, they bless.
- John 11:52 For they were not gathered together in one country, as the Jews were, but to be gathered from all quarters, from the East to the West.
- John 11:54 We may give place to the rage of the wicked, when it is expedient so to do, but yet in such sort, that we swerve not from God’s vocation.
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