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John 11
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John 11
Christian Standard Bible
Lazarus Dies at Bethany
11 Now a man was sick—Lazarus from Bethany,(A) the village of Mary and her sister Martha.(B) 2 Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair,(C) and it was her brother Lazarus who was sick. 3 So the sisters sent a message to him: “Lord, the one you love is sick.”
4 When Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God,(D) so that the Son of God(E) may be glorified through it.” 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, her sister, and Lazarus. 6 So when he heard that he was sick, he stayed two more days in the place where he was. 7 Then after that, he said to the disciples, “Let’s go to Judea(F) again.”
8 “Rabbi,”(G) the disciples told him, “just now the Jews tried to stone you,(H) and you’re going there again?”
9 “Aren’t there twelve hours in a day?” Jesus answered. “If anyone walks during the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world.(I) 10 But if anyone walks during the night,(J) he does stumble, because the light is not in him.”
11 He said this, and then he told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep,(K) but I’m on my way to wake him up.”
12 Then the disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well.”
13 Jesus, however, was speaking about his death, but they thought he was speaking about natural sleep. 14 So Jesus then told them plainly, “Lazarus has died. 15 I’m glad for you that I wasn’t there so that you may believe. But let’s go to him.”
16 Then Thomas(L) (called “Twin”[a]) said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go too so that we may die with him.”
The Resurrection and the Life
17 When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb(M) four days. 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem(N) (less than two miles[b] away). 19 Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.
20 As soon as Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, but Mary remained seated in the house. 21 Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died. 22 Yet even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.”
23 “Your brother will rise(O) again,” Jesus told her.
24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”(P)
25 Jesus said to her, “I am(Q) the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me,(R) even if he dies, will live.(S) 26 Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.(T) Do you believe this?”
27 “Yes, Lord,” she told him, “I believe you are the Messiah,(U) the Son(V) of God, who comes into the world.”(W)
Jesus Shares the Sorrow of Death
28 Having said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, saying in private, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”
29 As soon as Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.(X) 30 Jesus had not yet come into the village but was still in the place where Martha had met him. 31 The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw that Mary got up quickly and went out. They followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb(Y) to cry there.
32 As soon as Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet(Z) and told him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died!”
33 When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, he was deeply moved[c] in his spirit(AA) and troubled. 34 “Where have you put him?” he asked.
“Lord,” they told him, “come and see.”
35 Jesus wept.(AB)
36 So the Jews said, “See how he loved(AC) him!” 37 But some of them said, “Couldn’t he who opened the blind man’s eyes(AD) also have kept this man from dying?”
The Seventh Sign: Raising Lazarus from the Dead
38 Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.(AE) 39 “Remove the stone,” Jesus said.
Martha, the dead man’s sister, told him, “Lord, there is already a stench because he has been dead four days.”
40 Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed you would see the glory(AF) of God?”(AG)
41 So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised his eyes and said, “Father, I thank(AH) you that you heard me.(AI) 42 I know that you always hear me, but because of the crowd standing here I said this, so that they may believe you sent(AJ) me.” 43 After he said this, he shouted with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The dead man came out bound hand and foot with linen strips and with his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unwrap him and let him go.”
The Plot to Kill Jesus
45 Therefore, many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what he did believed in him.(AK) 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees(AL) and told them what Jesus had done.
47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin(AM) and were saying, “What are we going to do since this man is doing many signs? 48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans(AN) will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
49 One of them, Caiaphas,(AO) who was high priest(AP) that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all! 50 You’re not considering that it is to your[d] advantage that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish.”(AQ) 51 He did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was going to die(AR) for the nation, 52 and not for the nation only, but also to unite the scattered children(AS) of God. 53 So from that day on they plotted to kill him.(AT)
54 Jesus therefore no longer walked openly(AU) among the Jews but departed from there to the countryside near the wilderness,(AV) to a town called Ephraim, and he stayed there with the disciples.
55 Now the Jewish Passover(AW) was near, and many went up to Jerusalem(AX) from the country to purify themselves before the Passover. 56 They were looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple,(AY) “What do you think? He won’t come to the festival,(AZ) will he?” 57 The chief priests(BA) and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it so that they could arrest him.
Johannesevangeliet 11
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Johannesevangeliet 11
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Jesus uppväcker Lasarus
11 (A) En man som hette Lasarus var sjuk. Han var från Betania[a], den by där Maria och hennes syster Marta bodde. 2 (B) Det var Maria som smorde Herren med väldoftande olja och torkade hans fötter med sitt hår, och nu var hennes bror Lasarus sjuk. 3 Systrarna skickade då bud till Jesus och lät säga: "Herre, den du har kär ligger sjuk." 4 (C) När Jesus hörde det, sade han: "Den sjukdomen slutar inte med döden. Den är till Guds ära, för att Guds Son ska bli förhärligad genom den." 5 Jesus älskade Marta och hennes syster och Lasarus.
6 När Jesus nu hörde att Lasarus var sjuk, stannade han ändå två dagar där han var. 7 Därefter sade han till sina lärjungar: "Låt oss gå tillbaka till Judeen." 8 (D) Lärjungarna sade till honom: "Rabbi, nyss försökte judarna stena dig, och nu går du dit igen!" 9 (E) Jesus svarade: "Har inte dagen tolv timmar? Den som vandrar om dagen snavar inte, för han ser denna världens ljus. 10 Men den som vandrar om natten, han snavar eftersom ljuset inte finns i honom."
11 (F) Efter att han sagt detta tillade han: "Vår vän Lasarus sover. Men jag går för att väcka honom." 12 Då sade lärjungarna till honom: "Herre, sover han så blir han frisk." 13 Jesus hade talat om hans död, men de trodde att han talade om vanlig sömn. 14 Då sade Jesus helt öppet till dem: "Lasarus är död. 15 Och för er skull, för att ni ska tro, är jag glad att jag inte var där. Men låt oss nu gå till honom." 16 (G) Tomas, som kallades Tvillingen[b], sade då till de andra lärjungarna: "Låt oss gå, vi också, och dö tillsammans med honom."
17 När Jesus kom fram, fann han att Lasarus redan hade legat fyra dagar i graven. 18 Betania låg nära Jerusalem, ungefär tre kilometer[c] därifrån. 19 Många judar hade kommit ut till Marta och Maria för att trösta dem i sorgen över deras bror. 20 När Marta fick höra att Jesus hade kommit, gick hon ut och mötte honom. Men Maria stannade kvar hemma.
21 Marta sade till Jesus: "Herre, om du hade varit här skulle min bror inte ha dött. 22 Men också nu vet jag att Gud kommer att ge dig vad du än ber honom om." 23 Jesus sade: "Din bror ska uppstå." 24 (H) Marta svarade: "Jag vet att han ska uppstå, vid uppståndelsen på den yttersta dagen." 25 Jesus sade: "Jag är uppståndelsen och livet. Den som tror på mig ska leva om han än dör, 26 (I) och den som lever och tror på mig ska aldrig någonsin dö. Tror du detta?" 27 (J) Hon svarade: "Ja, Herre. Jag tror att du är Messias, Guds Son, han som skulle komma till världen."
28 När hon hade sagt detta, gick hon och kallade på sin syster Maria och viskade: "Mästaren är här och kallar på dig." 29 Så snart hon hörde det, reste hon sig och gick ut till honom. 30 Jesus hade inte gått in i byn än, utan var kvar på platsen där Marta hade mött honom. 31 Judarna som var hemma hos Maria och tröstade henne såg att hon reste sig hastigt och gick ut. Då följde de efter henne i tron att hon skulle gå till graven för att gråta där.
32 När Maria kom till platsen där Jesus var och fick se honom, föll hon ner vid hans fötter och sade till honom: "Herre, om du hade varit här skulle min bror inte ha dött." 33 När Jesus såg hur hon grät och hur judarna som följt med henne grät, blev han djupt rörd och skakad i sin ande 34 och frågade: "Var har ni lagt honom?" De svarade: "Herre, kom och se." 35 (K) Jesus grät. 36 Då sade judarna: "Se hur han älskade honom!" 37 (L) Men några av dem sade: "Kunde inte han som öppnade ögonen på den blinde ha gjort så att Lasarus inte dog?"
38 Jesus blev åter djupt rörd i sitt inre och gick fram till graven. Det var en klippgrav med en sten för öppningen. 39 Jesus sade: "Ta bort stenen!" Den dödes syster Marta sade till honom: "Herre, han luktar redan. Det är fjärde dagen." 40 Jesus sade till henne: "Har jag inte sagt dig att om du tror ska du få se Guds härlighet?" 41 Då tog de bort stenen, och Jesus lyfte blicken mot himlen och sade: "Far, jag prisar dig för att du hör mig. 42 Jag vet att du alltid hör mig, men jag säger det för folket som står här, för att de ska tro att du har sänt mig." 43 (M) När han hade sagt detta, ropade han med hög röst: "Lasarus, kom ut!" 44 Då kom den döde ut, med fötter och händer inlindade i bindlar och med ansiktet täckt av en duk. Jesus sade till dem: "Gör honom fri och låt honom gå."
45 (N) Många judar som hade kommit till Maria och sett vad Jesus gjorde kom till tro på honom. 46 Men några av dem gick till fariseerna och berättade för dem vad Jesus hade gjort.
47 Översteprästerna och fariseerna kallade då samman Stora rådet och sade: "Vad gör vi? Den här mannen gör många tecken. 48 Låter vi honom hålla på så här kommer alla att tro på honom, och sedan kommer romarna och tar ifrån oss både templet och folket." 49 En av dem, Kaifas som var överstepräst det året, sade till dem: "Ni förstår ingenting. 50 (O) Inser ni inte att det är bättre för er att en man dör för folket än att hela folket går under?"
51 Detta sade han inte av sig själv, utan som överstepräst det året profeterade han att Jesus skulle dö för folket, 52 (P) och inte bara för folket utan också för att samla och förena Guds skingrade barn. 53 (Q) Från den dagen bestämde de sig för att döda honom. 54 Jesus rörde sig därför inte längre öppet bland judarna utan drog sig undan därifrån till landsbygden nära öknen, till en stad som heter Efraim[d]. Där stannade han tillsammans med sina lärjungar.
55 (R) Judarnas påsk närmade sig, och många gick från landsbygden upp till Jerusalem före påsken för att rena sig[e]. 56 De sökte efter Jesus och sade till varandra där de stod på tempelplatsen: "Vad tror ni? Kommer han inte alls till högtiden?" 57 Men översteprästerna och fariseerna hade gett order om att den som visste var han fanns skulle tala om det så att de kunde gripa honom.
Footnotes
- 11:1 Betania Kan översättas "fattighuset" (jfr 12:5f).
- 11:16 Tvillingen Tomas är arameiska för "tvilling".
- 11:18 tre kilometer Ordagrant: "femton stadier" (längdmått om 190 meter).
- 11:54 Efraim Staden låg ca 2 mil nordost om Jerusalem.
- 11:55 rena sig Den som blivit oren (t ex genom att röra vid en död, se 4 Mos 19, 3 Mos 11-15) skulle genomgå en reningsrit innan han fick besöka templet igen. Rituell orenhet var inte samma sak som synd i moralisk mening.
John 11
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John 11
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The Death of Lazarus
11 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany,(A) the village of Mary and her sister Martha.(B) 2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.)(C) 3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love(D) is sick.”
4 When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory(E) so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, 7 and then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”(F)
8 “But Rabbi,”(G) they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you,(H) and yet you are going back?”
9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light.(I) 10 It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.”
11 After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend(J) Lazarus has fallen asleep;(K) but I am going there to wake him up.”
12 His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.” 13 Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.(L)
14 So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, 15 and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
16 Then Thomas(M) (also known as Didymus[a]) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
Jesus Comforts the Sisters of Lazarus
17 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.(N) 18 Now Bethany(O) was less than two miles[b] from Jerusalem, 19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother.(P) 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.(Q)
21 “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died.(R) 22 But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”(S)
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection(T) at the last day.”(U)
25 Jesus said to her, “I am(V) the resurrection and the life.(W) The one who believes(X) in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing(Y) in me will never die.(Z) Do you believe this?”
27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah,(AA) the Son of God,(AB) who is to come into the world.”(AC)
28 After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher(AD) is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.” 29 When Mary 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.(AE) 31 When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her,(AF) noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
32 When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”(AG)
33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved(AH) in spirit and troubled.(AI) 34 “Where have you laid him?” he asked.
“Come and see, Lord,” they replied.
35 Jesus wept.(AJ)
36 Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”(AK)
37 But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man(AL) have kept this man from dying?”(AM)
Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead
38 Jesus, once more deeply moved,(AN) came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.(AO) 39 “Take away the stone,” he said.
“But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”(AP)
40 Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe,(AQ) you will see the glory of God?”(AR)
41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up(AS) and said, “Father,(AT) I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here,(AU) that they may believe that you sent me.”(AV)
43 When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”(AW) 44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen,(AX) and a cloth around his face.(AY)
Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”
The Plot to Kill Jesus
45 Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary,(AZ) and had seen what Jesus did,(BA) believed in him.(BB) 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees(BC) called a meeting(BD) of the Sanhedrin.(BE)
“What are we accomplishing?” they asked. “Here is this man performing many signs.(BF) 48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation.”
49 Then one of them, named Caiaphas,(BG) who was high priest that year,(BH) spoke up, “You know nothing at all! 50 You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”(BI)
51 He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation, 52 and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.(BJ) 53 So from that day on they plotted to take his life.(BK)
54 Therefore Jesus no longer moved about publicly among the people of Judea.(BL) Instead he withdrew to a region near the wilderness, to a village called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.
55 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover,(BM) many went up from the country to Jerusalem for their ceremonial cleansing(BN) before the Passover. 56 They kept looking for Jesus,(BO) and as they stood in the temple courts they asked one another, “What do you think? Isn’t he coming to the festival at all?” 57 But the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who found out where Jesus was should report it so that they might arrest him.
Footnotes
- John 11:16 Thomas (Aramaic) and Didymus (Greek) both mean twin.
- John 11:18 Or about 3 kilometers
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