Lazarus Dies at Bethany

11 Now a man was sick—Lazarus from Bethany,(A) the village of Mary and her sister Martha.(B) 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. So the sisters sent a message to him: “Lord, the one you love is sick.”

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.” Now Jesus loved Martha, her sister, and Lazarus. So when he heard that he was sick, he stayed two more days in the place where he was. Then after that, he said to the disciples, “Let’s go to Judea(F) again.”

“Rabbi,”(G) the disciples told him, “just now the Jews tried to stone you,(H) and you’re going there again?”

“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.

Footnotes

  1. 11:16 Gk Didymus
  2. 11:18 Lit fifteen stadia; one stadion = 600 feet
  3. 11:33 Or angry, also in v. 38
  4. 11:50 Other mss read to our

Ang Pagkapatay ni Lazarus

11 1-2 May isa ka tawo nga ang iya ngalan si Lazarus. Siya kag ang iya mga utod nga si Maria kag si Marta nagapauli sa Betania. Si Maria nga ini amo ang nagbubo sang pahamot sa tiil sang Ginoo kag iya dayon ginpahiran sang iya buhok. Ang iya utod nga si Lazarus nagamasakit. Gani nagpadala ang mag-utod nga babayi sang balita kay Jesus nga ang iya pinalangga nga amigo nagamasakit. Pagkabati ni Jesus nga si Lazarus nagamasakit, nagsiling siya, “Ini nga masakit indi magaresulta sang kamatayon. Ang katuyuan nga nagamasakit siya kay agod mapadunggan ang Dios tungod sa iya gahom kag agod ako nga Anak sang Dios mapadunggan man.”

Palangga ni Jesus si Marta, si Maria kag si Lazarus. Pero ginpaligad pa niya ang duha ka adlaw pagkatapos nga iya nabalitaan nga si Lazarus nagamasakit. Dayon, nagsiling siya sa iya mga sumulunod, “Dali kamo, mabalik na kita sa Judea.” Nagsabat ang iya mga sumulunod, “Manunudlo, indi bala nga pila pa lang ka adlaw nga batuhon ka kuntani didto sang mga Judio? Kag karon mabalik ka pa didto?” Nagsiling si Jesus, “Indi bala nga may dose ka oras kon adlaw? Gani kon maglakat ang tawo kon adlaw indi siya makasandad, tungod kay masanag pa. 10 Pero kon maglakat siya kon gab-i makasandad siya kay madulom.”[a] 11 Pagkatapos nagsiling pa gid si Jesus, “Ang aton amigo nga si Lazarus nagakatulog. Pero kadtuan ko siya kag pukawon.” 12 Nagsabat ang iya mga sumulunod, “Ginoo, kon nagakatulog siya, magaayo pa siya.” 13 Abi nila nagakatulog lang matuod si Lazarus, pero ang buot silingon ni Jesus nga patay na si Lazarus. 14 Gani ginsilingan sila ni Jesus sing maathag, “Patay na si Lazarus. 15 Pero nagapasalamat ako nga wala ako didto kay para ini sa inyo kaayuhan, tungod kay may himuon ako agod magdugang pa gid ang inyo pagtuo sa akon. Dali, kadtuan ta siya.” 16 Karon, si Tomas nga ginatawag nga si Kapid nagsiling sa iya mga kaupod, “Ti, maupod na lang kita bisan kon patyon kita upod sa iya.”

Si Jesus amo ang Nagahatag sang Kabuhi

17 Sang pag-abot ni Jesus sa Betania, nabalitaan niya nga apat na ka adlaw nga nalubong si Lazarus. 18 Ang Betania mga tatlo lang ka kilometro halin sa Jerusalem. 19 Gani madamo nga mga Judio nga taga-Jerusalem ang nagkadto didto sa paglipay kay Marta kag kay Maria sa pagkapatay sang ila utod.

20 Pagkabati ni Marta nga nagapadulong si Jesus, nagguwa siya sa pagsugata sa iya, pero si Maria nagpabilin sa balay. 21 Pag-abot ni Marta kay Jesus, nagsiling siya, “Ginoo, kon diri ka lang, wala kuntani napatay ang akon utod. 22 Pero nahibaluan ko nga bisan subong magahatag ang Dios sa imo sang bisan ano nga imo pangayuon sa iya.” 23 Nagsiling si Jesus sa iya, “Mabanhaw ang imo utod.” 24 Nagsabat si Marta, “Nahibaluan ko nga mabanhaw siya sa katapusan nga adlaw kon banhawon na ang mga patay.” 25 Nagsiling si Jesus sa iya, “Ako ang nagabanhaw sang mga patay, kag ako man ang nagahatag sang kabuhi. Ang nagatuo sa akon, bisan mapatay pa siya, mabuhi siya liwat. 26 Ang bisan sin-o nga nagakabuhi kag nagatuo sa akon indi na mapatay hasta san-o. Ti, nagapati ka bala sini?” 27 Nagsabat si Marta, “Huo, Ginoo! Nagapati gid ako nga ikaw amo ang Cristo, ang Anak sang Dios nga amon ginahulat nga magaabot diri sa kalibutan.”

Naghibi si Jesus

28 Pagkahambal sadto ni Marta, nagbalik siya sa ila balay kag gintawag niya ang iya utod nga si Maria kag ginhutikan, “Ari na ang Manunudlo kag ginapatawag ka niya.” 29 Pagkabati sadto ni Maria, nagtindog siya kag nagdali-dali guwa kag nagkadto didto kay Jesus. 30 (Wala pa makasulod si Jesus sa banwa sang Betania. Didto pa lang siya sa lugar nga sa diin ginsugata siya ni Marta.) 31 Pagkakita sang mga Judio, nga nagalipay kay Maria, nga nagtindog siya kag magdali-dali guwa, ginsunod nila siya kay abi nila makadto siya sa lulubngan agod didto maghibi.

32 Pag-abot ni Maria didto kay Jesus, nagluhod siya kag nagsiling, “Ginoo, kon diri ka lang, wala kuntani napatay ang akon utod.” 33 Pagkakita ni Jesus nga nagahibi si Maria kag pati ang iya mga kaupod nga mga Judio, natandog gid ang iya tagipusuon. 34 Nagpamangkot siya dayon sa ila, “Sa diin ninyo siya ginlubong?” Nagsabat sila, “Dali Ginoo, itudlo namon sa imo.” 35 Naghibi si Jesus. 36 Gani nagsiling ang mga Judio, “Kita ninyo kon daw ano ang iya pagpalangga kay Lazarus!” 37 Pero nagsiling ang iban, “Indi bala nga gin-ayo niya ang mga mata sang bulag? Ti ngaa wala niya mapunggi ang kamatayon ni Lazarus?”

Ginbanhaw ni Jesus si Lazarus

38 Natandog liwat ang tagipusuon ni Jesus. Kag nagkadto siya dayon didto sa ginlubngan kay Lazarus. Isa ini ka kuweba nga natakpan sang isa ka bato. 39 Pag-abot nila didto, nagsiling si Jesus, “Kuhaa ninyo ang bato.” Pero nagsiling si Marta nga utod sang napatay, “Ginoo, mabaho na siya subong, kay apat na ka adlaw nga siya ginlubong!” 40 Nagsiling si Jesus sa iya, “Indi bala nga nagsiling ako sa imo nga kon magtuo ka, makita mo ang gahom sang Dios?” 41 Gani ginkuha nila ang bato. Nagtangla si Jesus sa langit kag nagsiling, “Amay, nagapasalamat ako sa imo tungod kay ginpamatian mo ako. 42 Nahibaluan ko nga permi mo ako ginapamatian, pero nagasiling ako sing pareho sini para sa mga tawo nga diri subong sa akon palibot, agod magpati sila nga ikaw amo ang nagpadala sa akon diri sa kalibutan.” 43 Pagkatapos niya hambal sini, nagsinggit siya, “Lazarus, guwa ka!” 44 Kag nagguwa matuod ang napatay nga si Lazarus nga ang iya kamot kag tiil may nagasambod pa nga mga tela nga linen, kag ang iya guya naputos man sang panyo. Nagsiling si Jesus sa ila, “Hubari ninyo siya kag palakta.”

Nagplano ang mga Lider sang mga Judio nga Patyon si Jesus(A)

45 Madamo sa mga Judio nga nagbisita sa ila ni Maria ang nagtuo kay Jesus pagkakita nila sa iya ginhimo. 46 Pero ang iban sa ila nagkadto sa mga Pariseo kag nagsugid sang ginhimo ni Jesus. 47 Gani gintawag sang mga Pariseo kag sang mga manugdumala nga mga pari ang tanan nga miyembro sang Korte sang mga Judio. Kag sang nagatilipon na sila, nagsiling sila, “Ano bala ang aton himuon? Madamo nga mga milagro ang ginahimo sang sini nga tawo. 48 Kon pabay-an lang naton siya, ang tanan magatuo na sa iya nga siya amo ang hari sang Israel. Kag kon amo ini ang matabo, sulungon kita sang mga soldado sang Roma kag gub-on nila ang aton templo kag ang aton bug-os nga nasyon!” 49 Pero ang isa sa mga kaupod nila nga si Caifas, nga pangulo nga pari sadto nga tuig, nagsiling, “Wala gid kamo sing nahibaluan! 50 Wala bala ninyo mahunahunai nga mas maayo pa nga isa lang ka tawo ang mapatay para sa aton nasyon kaysa ang bug-os nga nasyon ang madula?” 51 Wala niya ato ginhambal nga iya-iya lang, kundi bilang pangulo nga pari sadto nga tuig, naghambal ang Dios paagi sa iya nga kinahanglan nga mapatay si Jesus para sa mga Judio. 52 Kag indi lang para sa ila, kundi para man sa tanan nga anak sang Dios nga naglalapta sa iban nga mga lugar, agod matipon sila kag mangin isa sila tanan. 53 Halin sadto nga adlaw nagplano ang mga lider sang mga Judio nga patyon si Jesus. 54 Gani wala na nagsagad pakita si Jesus sa mga banwa sang mga Judio, kundi nagkadto siya sa lugar nga malapit sa kamingawan, sa isa ka banwa nga ginatawag Efraim. Didto siya nagtiner kaupod sang iya mga sumulunod.

55 Karon, malapit na lang ang piesta sang mga Judio nga ginatawag Piesta sang Paglabay sang Anghel. Gani madamo nga mga tawo ang nagpa-Jerusalem agod sa indi pa mag-abot ang piesta makapakatinlo sila sang ila kaugalingon suno sa pagsulundan sang ila relihiyon. 56 Ginpangita nila si Jesus, pero wala nila makita. Gani nagpinamangkutanay sila, “Ano bala sa banta ninyo? Indi gid siya siguro magpamiesta, di bala?” 57 Sadto gali nga tion nagsugo na nga daan ang mga manugdumala nga mga pari kag ang mga Pariseo nga ang bisan sin-o nga makahibalo kon diin si Jesus dapat magsugid sa ila agod madakop nila siya.

Footnotes

  1. 11:10 Ginhambal ni Jesus ini nga paanggid agod ipahibalo sa ila nga wala pa sing may malain nga matabo sa ila didto sa Judea.

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) (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) So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love(D) is sick.”

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.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, and then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”(F)

“But Rabbi,”(G) they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you,(H) and yet you are going back?”

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

  1. John 11:16 Thomas (Aramaic) and Didymus (Greek) both mean twin.
  2. John 11:18 Or about 3 kilometers