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11 There was a man who had fallen sick. His name was El‘azar, and he came from Beit-Anyah, the village where Miryam and her sister Marta lived. (This Miryam, whose brother El‘azar had become sick, is the one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) So the sisters sent a message to Yeshua, “Lord, the man you love is sick.” On hearing it, he said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory, so that the Son of God may receive glory through it.”

Yeshua loved Marta and her sister and El‘azar; so when he heard he was sick, first he stayed where he was two more days; then, after this, he said to the talmidim, “Let’s go back to Y’hudah.” The talmidim replied, “Rabbi! Just a short while ago the Judeans were out to stone you — and you want to go back there?” Yeshua answered, “Aren’t there twelve hours of daylight? If a person walks during daylight, he doesn’t stumble; because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if a person walks at night, he does stumble; because he has no light with him.”

11 Yeshua said these things, and afterwards he said to the talmidim, “Our friend El‘azar has gone to sleep; but I am going in order to wake him up.” 12 The talmidim said to him, “Lord, if he has gone to sleep, he will get better.” 13 Now Yeshua had used the phrase to speak about El‘azar’s death, but they thought he had been talking literally about sleep. 14 So Yeshua told them in plain language, “El‘azar has died. 15 And for your sakes, I am glad that I wasn’t there, so that you may come to trust. But let’s go to him.” 16 Then T’oma (the name means “twin”) said to his fellow talmidim, “Yes, we should go, so that we can die with him!”

17 On arrival, Yeshua found that El‘azar had already been in the tomb for four days. 18 Now Beit-Anyah was about two miles from Yerushalayim, 19 and many of the Judeans had come to Marta and Miryam in order to comfort them at the loss of their brother. 20 So when Marta heard that Yeshua was coming, she went out to meet him; but Miryam continued sitting shiv‘ah in the house.

21 Marta said to Yeshua, “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 you.” 23 Yeshua said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 Marta said, “I know that he will rise again at the Resurrection on the Last Day.” 25 Yeshua said to her, “I AM the Resurrection and the Life! Whoever puts his trust in me will live, even if he dies; 26 and everyone living and trusting in me will never die. Do you believe this?” 27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world.”

28 After saying this, she went off and secretly called Miryam, her sister: “The Rabbi is here and is calling for you.” 29 When she heard this, she jumped up and went to him. 30 Yeshua had not yet come into the village but was still where Marta had met him; 31 so when the Judeans who had been with Miryam in the house comforting her saw her get up quickly and go out, they followed her, thinking she was going to the tomb to mourn there.

32 When Miryam came to where Yeshua was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 When Yeshua saw her crying, and also the Judeans who came with her crying, he was deeply moved and also troubled. 34 He said, “Where have you buried him?” They said, “Lord, come and see.” 35 Yeshua cried; 36 so the Judeans there said, “See how he loved him!” 37 But some of them said, “He opened the blind man’s eyes. Couldn’t he have kept this one from dying?”

38 Yeshua, again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying in front of the entrance. 39 Yeshua said, “Take the stone away!” Marta, the sister of the dead man, said to Yeshua, “By now his body must smell, for it has been four days since he died!” 40 Yeshua said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you keep trusting, you will see the glory of God?” 41 So they removed the stone. Yeshua looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I myself know that you always hear me, but I say this because of the crowd standing around, so that they may believe that you have sent me.” 43 Having said this, he shouted, “El‘azar! Come out!” 44 The man who had been dead came out, his hands and feet wrapped in strips of linen and his face covered with a cloth. Yeshua said to them, “Unwrap him, and let him go!” 45 At this, many of the Judeans who had come to visit Miryam, and had seen what Yeshua had done, trusted in him.

46 But some of them went off to the P’rushim and told them what he had done. 47 So the head cohanim and the P’rushim called a meeting of the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we going to do? — for this man is performing many miracles. 48 If we let him keep going on this way, everyone will trust in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both the Temple and the nation.” 49 But one of them, Kayafa, who was cohen gadol that year, said to them, “You people don’t know anything! 50 You don’t see that it’s better for you if one man dies on behalf of the people, so that the whole nation won’t be destroyed.” 51 Now he didn’t speak this way on his own initiative; rather, since he was cohen gadol that year, he was prophesying that Yeshua was about to die on behalf of the nation, 52 and not for the nation alone, but so that he might gather into one the scattered children of God.

53 From that day on, they made plans to have him put to death. 54 Therefore Yeshua no longer walked around openly among the Judeans but went away from there into the region near the desert, to a town called Efrayim, and stayed there with his talmidim.

55 The Judean festival of Pesach was near, and many people went up from the country to Yerushalayim to perform the purification ceremony prior to Pesach. 56 They were looking for Yeshua, and as they stood in the Temple courts they said to each other, “What do you think? that he simply won’t come to the festival?” 57 Moreover, the head cohanim and the P’rushim had given orders that anyone knowing Yeshua’s whereabouts should inform them, so that they could have him arrested.

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. (María, hermana de Lázaro, el enfermo, era la misma que derramó perfume sobre los pies del Señor y se los secó con sus cabellos.) Las hermanas de Lázaro mandaron a Jesús este recado:

— Señor, tu amigo está enfermo.

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.

Jesús tenía una gran amistad con Marta, con su hermana María y con Lázaro. Sin embargo, a pesar de haberse enterado de que Lázaro estaba enfermo, continuó en aquel lugar otro par de días. Pasado este tiempo, dijo a sus discípulos:

— Vamos otra vez a Judea.

Los discípulos exclamaron:

— Maestro, hace bien poco que los judíos intentaron apedrearte; ¿cómo es posible que quieras volver allá?

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 ustedes de no haber estado allí, porque así tendrán 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 han 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:

— Quiten 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:

— Quítenle las vendas y déjenlo 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 ustedes fueran perspicaces, 50 se darían 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 les 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.

The Death of Lazarus

11 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of (A)Mary and her sister Martha. (B)It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, (C)he whom you love is ill.” But when Jesus heard it he said, (D)“This illness does not lead to death. It is for (E)the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

Now (F)Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when he heard that Lazarus[a] was ill, (G)he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. Then after this he said to the disciples, (H)“Let us go to Judea again.” The disciples said to him, (I)“Rabbi, (J)the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?” Jesus answered, (K)“Are there not twelve hours in the day? (L)If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But (M)if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not (N)in him.” 11 After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus (O)has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.” 12 The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” 13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. 14 Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died, 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 (P)So Thomas, called the Twin,[b] said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, (Q)that we may die with him.”

I Am the Resurrection and the Life

17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb (R)four days. 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles[c] off, 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary (S)to console them concerning their brother. 20 (T)So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. 21 Martha said to (U)Jesus, “Lord, (V)if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, (W)God will give you.” 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 (X)Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in (Y)the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, (Z)“I am the resurrection and (AA)the life.[d] Whoever believes in me, (AB)though he die, (AC)yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me (AD)shall never die. Do you believe this?” 27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord; (AE)I believe that (AF)you are the Christ, the Son of God, (AG)who is coming into the world.”

Jesus Weeps

28 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, (AH)“The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” 29 And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. 31 When the Jews (AI)who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 32 Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, (AJ)“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he (AK)was deeply moved in his spirit and (AL)greatly troubled. 34 And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 (AM)Jesus wept. 36 So the Jews said, “See (AN)how he loved him!” 37 But some of them said, “Could not he (AO)who opened the eyes of the blind man (AP)also have kept this man from dying?”

Jesus Raises Lazarus

38 Then Jesus, (AQ)deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was (AR)a cave, and (AS)a stone lay against it. 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 odour, for (AT)he has been dead four days.” 40 Jesus said to her, (AU)“Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see (AV)the glory of God?” 41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus (AW)lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 (AX)I knew that you always hear me, but I said this (AY)on account of the people standing around, (AZ)that they may believe that you sent me.” 43 When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.” 44 (BA)The man who had died came out, (BB)his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and (BC)his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

The Plot to Kill Jesus

45 (BD)Many of the Jews therefore, (BE)who had come with Mary and (BF)had seen what he did, believed in him, 46 but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees (BG)gathered (BH)the Council and said, (BI)“What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. 48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and (BJ)the Romans will come and take away both our (BK)place and our nation.” 49 But one of them, (BL)Caiaphas, (BM)who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all. 50 Nor do you understand that (BN)it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.” 51 He did not say this of his own accord, but (BO)being high priest that year (BP)he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, 52 and (BQ)not for the nation only, but also (BR)to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. 53 So from that day on they (BS)made plans to put him to death.

54 Jesus therefore (BT)no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.

55 Now (BU)the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and (BV)many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover (BW)to purify themselves. 56 (BX)They were looking for[e] Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast at all?” 57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should let them know, so that they might arrest him.

Footnotes

  1. John 11:6 Greek he; also verse 17
  2. John 11:16 Greek Didymus
  3. John 11:18 Greek fifteen stadia; a stadion was about 607 feet or 185 metres
  4. John 11:25 Some manuscripts omit and the life
  5. John 11:56 Greek were seeking for

11 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

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.

Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.

Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?

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.