Giovanni 11
Nuova Riveduta 2006
Gesù risuscita Lazzaro di Betania
11 (A)C’era un ammalato, un certo Lazzaro di Betania, del villaggio di Maria e di Marta, sua sorella. 2 Maria era quella che unse il Signore di olio profumato e gli asciugò i piedi con i suoi capelli; Lazzaro, suo fratello, era malato. 3 Le sorelle dunque mandarono a dire a Gesù: «Signore, ecco, colui che tu ami è malato». 4 Gesù, udito ciò, disse: «Questa malattia non è per la morte, ma è per la gloria di Dio, affinché per mezzo di essa il Figlio di Dio sia glorificato».
5 Or Gesù amava Marta e sua sorella e Lazzaro; 6 come ebbe udito che egli era malato, si trattenne ancora due giorni nel luogo dove si trovava[a]. 7 Poi disse ai discepoli: «Torniamo in Giudea!» 8 I discepoli gli dissero: «Rabbì, proprio adesso i Giudei cercavano di lapidarti, e tu vuoi tornare là?» 9 Gesù rispose: «Non vi sono dodici ore nel giorno? Se uno cammina di giorno, non inciampa, perché vede la luce di questo mondo; 10 ma se uno cammina di notte, inciampa, perché la luce non è in lui». 11 Così parlò; poi disse loro: «Il nostro amico Lazzaro si è addormentato, ma vado a svegliarlo». 12 Perciò i discepoli gli dissero[b]: «Signore, se egli dorme sarà salvo». 13 Or Gesù aveva parlato della morte di lui, ma essi pensarono che avesse parlato del dormire del sonno. 14 Allora Gesù disse loro apertamente: «Lazzaro è morto, 15 e per voi mi rallegro di non essere stato là, affinché crediate; ma ora, andiamo da lui!» 16 Allora Tommaso, detto Didimo, disse ai condiscepoli: «Andiamo anche noi, per morire con lui!»
17 Gesù dunque, arrivato, trovò che Lazzaro era già da quattro giorni nel sepolcro. 18 Or Betania distava da Gerusalemme circa quindici stadi[c], 19 e molti Giudei erano andati da Marta e Maria per consolarle del [loro] fratello.
20 Come Marta ebbe udito che Gesù veniva, gli andò incontro; ma Maria stava seduta in casa. 21 Marta dunque disse a Gesù: «Signore, se tu fossi stato qui, mio fratello non sarebbe morto; 22 {ma} anche adesso so che tutto quello che chiederai a Dio, Dio te lo darà». 23 Gesù le disse: «Tuo fratello risusciterà». 24 Marta gli disse: «Lo so che risusciterà, nella risurrezione, nell’ultimo giorno». 25 Gesù le disse: «Io sono la risurrezione e la vita; chi crede in me, anche se muore, vivrà, 26 e chiunque vive e crede in me, non morirà mai. Credi tu questo?» 27 Ella gli disse: «Sì, Signore, io credo che tu sei il Cristo, il Figlio di Dio che doveva venire nel mondo».
28 Detto questo, se ne andò e chiamò di nascosto Maria, sua sorella, dicendole: «Il Maestro è qui, e ti chiama». 29 Ed ella, udito questo, si alzò in fretta e andò da lui. 30 Or Gesù non era ancora entrato nel villaggio, ma era sempre[d] nel luogo dove Marta lo aveva incontrato. 31 Perciò i Giudei che erano in casa con lei e la consolavano, vedendo che Maria si era alzata in fretta ed era uscita, la seguirono, supponendo che si recasse al sepolcro a piangere[e].
32 Appena Maria fu giunta dov’era Gesù e lo ebbe visto, gli si gettò ai piedi dicendogli: «Signore, se tu fossi stato qui, mio fratello non sarebbe morto». 33 Quando Gesù la vide piangere, e vide piangere anche i Giudei che erano venuti con lei, fremette nello spirito, si turbò e disse: 34 «Dove lo avete deposto?» Essi gli dissero: «Signore, vieni a vedere!»
35 Gesù pianse.
36 Perciò i Giudei dicevano: «Guarda come lo amava!» 37 Ma alcuni di loro dicevano: «Non poteva, lui che ha aperto gli occhi al cieco, far sì che questi non morisse?»
38 Gesù dunque, fremendo di nuovo in se stesso, andò al sepolcro. Era una grotta, e una pietra era posta all’apertura. 39 Gesù disse: «Togliete la pietra!» Marta, la sorella del morto, gli disse: «Signore, egli puzza già, perché siamo al quarto giorno». 40 Gesù le disse: «Non ti ho detto che se credi, vedrai la gloria di Dio?» 41 Tolsero dunque la pietra [dal luogo dove giaceva il morto]. Gesù, alzati gli occhi al cielo, disse: «Padre, ti ringrazio perché mi hai esaudito. 42 Io sapevo bene che tu mi esaudisci sempre; ma ho detto questo a motivo della folla che mi circonda, affinché credano che tu mi hai mandato». 43 Detto questo, gridò ad alta voce: «Lazzaro, vieni fuori!» 44 Il morto uscì, con i piedi e le mani avvolti da fasce, e il viso coperto da un sudario. Gesù disse loro: «Scioglietelo e lasciatelo andare».
45 Perciò molti dei Giudei che erano venuti da Maria, e che avevano visto ciò che egli[f] aveva fatto, credettero in lui. 46 Ma alcuni di loro andarono dai farisei e raccontarono loro quello che Gesù aveva fatto.
Congiura contro Gesù
47 (B)I capi dei sacerdoti e i farisei, quindi, riunirono il sinedrio e dicevano: «Che facciamo? Perché quest’uomo fa molti segni. 48 Se lo lasciamo fare, tutti crederanno in lui; e i Romani verranno e ci distruggeranno come città[g] e come nazione». 49 Uno di loro, Caiafa, che era sommo sacerdote quell’anno, disse loro: «Voi non capite nulla, 50 e non riflettete come torni a vostro[h] vantaggio che un uomo solo muoia per il popolo e non perisca tutta la nazione». 51 Ora egli non disse questo di suo; ma siccome era sommo sacerdote in quell’anno, profetizzò che Gesù doveva morire per la nazione, 52 e non soltanto per la nazione, ma anche per riunire in uno i figli di Dio dispersi.
53 Da quel giorno dunque deliberarono di farlo morire. 54 Gesù quindi non andava più apertamente tra i Giudei, ma si ritirò nella regione vicina al deserto, in una città chiamata Efraim; e là si trattenne con i [suoi] discepoli.
55 (C)La Pasqua dei Giudei era vicina, e molti di quella regione salirono a Gerusalemme prima della Pasqua per purificarsi. 56 Cercavano dunque Gesù; e, stando nel tempio, dicevano tra di loro: «Che ve ne pare? Verrà alla festa?» 57 Ora i capi dei sacerdoti e i farisei avevano dato ordine che se qualcuno sapesse dov’egli era, ne facesse denuncia perché potessero arrestarlo.
Footnotes
- Giovanni 11:6 Nel luogo dove si trovava, di là dal Giordano, in Perea; cfr. Gv 10:40; per giungere a Betania occorrevano nove o dieci ore di cammino.
- Giovanni 11:12 TR e M Perciò i suoi discepoli dissero:…
- Giovanni 11:18 Quindici stadi, circa tre chilometri.
- Giovanni 11:30 TR e M omettono sempre.
- Giovanni 11:31 TR e M la seguirono dicendo: «Se ne va al sepolcro a piangere».
- Giovanni 11:45 TR e M Gesù.
- Giovanni 11:48 Città, lett. luogo; altri traducono: distruggeranno il nostro luogo e la nostra nazione.
- Giovanni 11:50 TR e M nostro.
John 11
New King James Version
The Death of Lazarus
11 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of (A)Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (B)It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love 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 may be glorified through it.”
5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So, when He heard that he was sick, (C)He stayed two more days in the place where He was. 7 Then after this He said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”
8 The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to (D)stone You, and are You going there again?”
9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? (E)If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the (F)light of this world. 10 But (G)if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” 11 These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus (H)sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.”
12 Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.” 13 However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep.
14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. 15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.”
16 Then (I)Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with Him.”
I Am the Resurrection and the Life
17 So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about [a]two miles away. 19 And many of the Jews had joined the women around 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 was sitting in the house. 21 Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that (J)whatever You ask of God, God will give You.”
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 Martha said to Him, (K)“I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her, “I am (L)the resurrection and the life. (M)He who believes in Me, though he may (N)die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
27 She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, (O)I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
Jesus and Death, the Last Enemy
28 And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, “The Teacher has come and is calling for you.” 29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to Him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but [b]was in the place where Martha met Him. 31 (P)Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, [c]saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”
32 Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she (Q)fell down at His feet, saying to Him, (R)“Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. 34 And He said, “Where have you laid him?”
They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”
35 (S)Jesus wept. 36 Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
37 And some of them said, “Could not this Man, (T)who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?”
Lazarus Raised from the Dead
38 Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a (U)stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”
Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”
40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would (V)see the glory of God?” 41 Then they took away the stone [d]from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42 And I know that You always hear Me, but (W)because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” 43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” 44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with (X)graveclothes, and (Y)his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”
The Plot to Kill Jesus(Z)
45 Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, (AA)and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him. 46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees and (AB)told them the things Jesus did. 47 (AC)Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, (AD)“What shall we do? For this Man works many signs. 48 If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.”
49 And one of them, (AE)Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, 50 (AF)nor do you consider that it is expedient for [e]us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.” 51 Now this he did not say on his own authority; but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, 52 and (AG)not for that nation only, but (AH)also that He would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.
53 Then, from that day on, they plotted to (AI)put Him to death. 54 (AJ)Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called (AK)Ephraim, and there remained with His disciples.
55 (AL)And the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to (AM)purify themselves. 56 (AN)Then they sought Jesus, and spoke among themselves as they stood in the temple, “What do you think—that He will not come to the feast?” 57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it, that they might (AO)seize Him.
Footnotes
- John 11:18 Lit. 15 stadia
- John 11:30 NU was still
- John 11:31 NU supposing that she was going
- John 11:41 NU omits from the place where the dead man was lying
- John 11:50 NU you
John 11
Easy-to-Read Version
The Death of Lazarus
11 There was a man named Lazarus who was sick. He lived in the town of Bethany, where Mary and her sister Martha lived. 2 (Mary is the same woman who put perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) Mary’s brother was Lazarus, the man who was now sick. 3 So Mary and Martha sent someone to tell Jesus, “Lord, your dear friend Lazarus is sick.”
4 When Jesus heard this he said, “The end of this sickness will not be death. No, this sickness is for the glory of God. This has happened to bring glory to the Son of God.” 5 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 said to his followers, “We should go back to Judea.”
8 They answered, “But Teacher, those Jews there tried to stone you to death. That was only a short time ago. Now you want to go back there?”
9 Jesus answered, “There are twelve hours of light in the day. Whoever walks in the day will not stumble and fall because they can see with the light from the sun.[a] 10 But whoever walks at night will stumble because there is no light.”
11 Then Jesus said, “Our friend Lazarus is now sleeping, but I am going there to wake him.”
12 The followers answered, “But, Lord, if he can sleep, he will get well.” 13 They thought Jesus meant that Lazarus was literally sleeping, but he really meant that Lazarus was dead.
14 So then Jesus said plainly, “Lazarus is dead. 15 And I am glad I was not there. I am happy for you because now you will believe in me. We will go to him now.”
16 Then Thomas, the one called “Twin,” said to the other followers, “We will go too. We will die there with Jesus.”
Jesus in Bethany
17 Jesus arrived in Bethany and found that Lazarus had already been dead and in the tomb for four days. 18 Bethany was about two miles[b] from Jerusalem. 19 Many Jews had come to see Martha and Mary. They came to comfort them about their brother Lazarus.
20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to greet him. But Mary stayed home. 21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But I know that even now God will give you anything you ask.”
23 Jesus said, “Your brother will rise and be alive again.”
24 Martha answered, “I know that he will rise to live again at the time of the resurrection on the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection. I am life. Everyone who believes in me will have life, even if they die. 26 And everyone who lives and believes in me will never really die. Martha, do you believe this?”
27 Martha answered, “Yes, Lord. I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God. You are the one who was coming to the world.”
Jesus Cries
28 After Martha said these things, she went back to her sister Mary. She talked to Mary alone and said, “The Teacher is here. He is asking for you.” 29 When Mary heard this, she stood up and went quickly to Jesus. 30 He had not yet come into the village. He was still at the place where Martha met him. 31 The Jews who were in the house comforting Mary saw her get up and leave quickly. They thought she was going to the tomb to cry there. So they followed her. 32 Mary went to the place where Jesus was. When she saw him, she bowed at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 When Jesus saw Mary crying and the people with her crying too, he was very upset and deeply troubled. 34 He asked, “Where did you put him?”
They said, “Lord, come and see.”
35 Jesus cried.
36 And the Jews said, “Look! He loved Lazarus very much!”
37 But some of them said, “Jesus healed the eyes of the blind man. Why didn’t he help Lazarus and stop him from dying?”
Jesus Raises Lazarus From Death
38 Again feeling very upset, Jesus came to the tomb. It was a cave with a large stone covering the entrance. 39 He said, “Move the stone away.”
Martha said, “But, Lord, it has been four days since Lazarus died. There will be a bad smell.” Martha was the sister of the dead man.
40 Then Jesus said to her, “Remember what I told you? I said that if you believed, you would see God’s divine greatness.”
41 So they moved the stone away from the entrance. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you heard me. 42 I know that you always hear me. But I said these things because of the people here around me. I want them to believe that you sent me.” 43 After Jesus said this he called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The dead man came out. His hands and feet were wrapped with pieces of cloth. He had a handkerchief covering his face.
Jesus said to the people, “Take off the cloth and let him go.”
The Jewish Leaders Plan to Kill Jesus(A)
45 There were many Jews who came to visit Mary. When they saw what Jesus did, many of them believed in him. 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus did. 47 Then the leading priests and Pharisees called a meeting of the high council. They said, “What should we do? This man is doing many miraculous signs. 48 If we let him continue doing these things, everyone will believe in him. Then the Romans will come and take away our Temple and our nation.”
49 One of the men there was Caiaphas. He was the high priest that year. He said, “You people know nothing! 50 It is better for one man to die for the people than for the whole nation to be destroyed. But you don’t realize this.”
51 Caiaphas did not think of this himself. As that year’s high priest, he was really prophesying that Jesus would die for the Jewish people. 52 Yes, he would die for the Jewish people. But he would also die for God’s other children scattered all over the world. He would die to bring them all together and make them one people.
53 That day the Jewish leaders began planning to kill Jesus. 54 So Jesus stopped traveling around openly among the Jews. He went away to a town called Ephraim in an area near the desert. He stayed there with his followers.
55 It was almost time for the Jewish Passover festival. Many people from the country went to Jerusalem before the Passover. They went to do the special things to make themselves pure for the festival. 56 The people looked for Jesus. They stood in the Temple area and asked each other, “Is he coming to the festival? What do you think?” 57 But the leading priests and the Pharisees had given a special order about Jesus. They said that anyone who knew where he was must tell them so that they could arrest him.
Footnotes
- John 11:9 from the sun Literally, “of this world.”
- John 11:18 two miles Literally, “15 stadia,” almost 3 km.
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