John 11
Lexham English Bible
Lazarus Dies
11 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) 3 So the sisters sent word[a] to him, saying, “Lord, behold, the one whom you love is sick.” 4 And when he[b] heard it,[c] Jesus said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, in order 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, then he remained in the place where[d] he was two days.
7 Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.” 8 The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were seeking just now to stone you, and are you going there again?” 9 Jesus replied, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks around in the daylight, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if anyone walks around in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him. 11 He said these things, and after this he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I can awaken him.” 12 So the disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well.” 13 (Now Jesus had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was speaking about real sleep.[e]) 14 So Jesus then said to them plainly, “Lazarus has died, 15 and I am glad for your sake[f] that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” 16 Then Thomas (the one who is called Didymus)[g] said to his fellow disciples, “Let us go also, so that we may die with him.”
Jesus the Resurrection and the Life
17 So when he[h] arrived, Jesus found he had already been four days in the tomb. 18 (Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia.[i] 19 So many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary in order to console them concerning their[j] brother.) 20 Now Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house. 21 So Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 Even[k] now I know that whatever you ask God, God will grant you.” 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die forever.[l] Do you believe this?” 27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord, I have believed that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who comes into the world.”
Jesus Weeps
28 And when she[m] had said this, she went and called her sister Mary privately, saying, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” 29 So that one, when she heard it,[n] got up quickly and went to him. 30 (Now Jesus has not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha went to meet him.) 31 So the Jews who were with her in the house and were consoling her, when they[o] saw Mary—that she stood up quickly and went out—followed her, because they[p] thought that she was going to the tomb in order to weep there.
32 Then Mary, when she came where Jesus was and[q] saw him, fell at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 Then Jesus, when he saw her weeping and the Jews who came with her weeping, was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled within himself. 34 And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus wept. 36 So the Jews were saying, “See how he loved him!” 37 But some of them said, “Was not this man who opened the eyes of the blind able to do something[r] so that this man also would not have died?”
Lazarus Is Raised
38 Then Jesus, deeply moved within himself again, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying on it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the one who had died, said to him, “Lord, he is stinking already, because it has been four days.” 40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?” 41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his[s] eyes above and said, “Father, I give thanks to you that you hear me. 42 And I know that you always hear me, but for the sake of the crowd standing around I said it,[t] so that they may believe that you sent me.” 43 And when he[u] had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The one who had died came out, his[v] feet and his[w] hands bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped with a facecloth. Jesus said to them, “Untie him and let him go.”
The Jewish Leaders Plot to Kill Jesus
45 Then many of the Jews who had come with Mary and saw the things which he did believed in him. 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done. 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees called together the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we doing? For this man is performing many signs! 48 If we allow him to go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place[x] and our[y] nation.”
49 But a certain one of them, Caiaphas (who was high priest in that year), said to them, “You do not know anything at all! 50 Nor do you consider that it is profitable for you that one man should die for the people, and the whole nation not perish.” 51 (Now he did not say this from himself, but being high priest in that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation, 52 and not for the nation only, but also that the children of God who are scattered would be gathered into one.) 53 So from that day they resolved that they should kill him. 54 So Jesus was no longer walking openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.
55 Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the surrounding country before the Passover, so that they could purify themselves. 56 So they were looking for Jesus, and were speaking with one another while[z] standing in the temple courts,[aa] “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?” 57 (Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, they should report it,[ab] in order that they could arrest him.)
Footnotes
- John 11:3 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 11:4 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
- John 11:4 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 11:6 Literally “in which”
- John 11:13 Literally “the sleep of slumber”
- John 11:15 Literally “for the sake of you”
- John 11:16 “Didymus” means “the twin” in Greek
- John 11:17 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“arrived”) which is understood as temporal
- John 11:18 A “stade” or “stadium” (plur. “stadia”) is about 607 ft (187 m), so this was just under two miles (3 km)
- John 11:19 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- John 11:22 Some manuscripts have “But even”
- John 11:26 Literally “for the age”
- John 11:28 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had said”) which is understood as temporal
- John 11:29 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 11:31 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
- John 11:31 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“thought”) which is understood as causal
- John 11:32 Here “and” is supplied because the participle (“saw”) has been translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style
- John 11:37 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 11:41 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- John 11:42 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 11:43 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had said”) which is understood as temporal
- John 11:44 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- John 11:44 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- John 11:48 Generally understood to be a reference to the Jerusalem temple
- John 11:48 Literally “both the place and the nation of us”; the possessive pronoun is repeated in the translation (rather than the article) in keeping with English style
- John 11:56 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“standing”) which is understood as temporal
- John 11:56 *Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
- John 11:57 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
Johannes 11
En Levende Bok
Lasarus blir vekket opp fra de døde
11 En mann som het Lasarus, lå syk. Han bodde i Betania sammen med sine søstrer Maria og Marta 2 Det var søsteren hans Maria, som hadde salvet Herren Jesus med aromatisk olje og tørket føttene hans med håret sitt. 3 De to søstrene sendte nå et nødrop til Jesus og sa: ”Herre, vennen din Lasarus er syk.”
4 Da Jesus hørte dette, sa han: ”Sykdommen hans vil ikke lede til døden, men den skal tvert om vise Guds herlighet, slik at jeg, Guds sønn, blir opphøyd og æret gjennom dette.” 5 Til tross for at Jesus var glad i Marta, Maria og Lasarus, 6 drøyde han ytterligere to dager der han var. 7 Først da sa han til disiplene: ”La oss gå tilbake til Judea.”
8 Disiplene protesterte: ”Mester, for bare noen dager siden forsøkte de religiøse lederne i Judea å steine deg. Vil du virkelig gå dit igjen?”
9 Jesus svarte: ”Det er dagslys tolv timer om dagen. De som nytter dagen til reisene sine, snubler ikke, for lyset skinner for alle. 10 De derimot som gjør reisene sine i mørke, de snubler etter som ikke lyset får slippe til.” 11 Han sa: ”Vår venn Lasarus sover, men nå vil jeg gå og vekke ham.”
12-13 Disiplene trodde at Jesus snakket om naturlig søvn og sa: ”Så bra! Dersom han sover, blir han snart frisk.” Men Jesus mente at Lasarus var død. 14 Derfor sa Jesus rett ut: ”Lasarus er død. 15 Og for deres skyld er jeg glad at jeg ikke var der, for døden hans vil hjelpe dere å tro på meg. Nå må vi gå til ham.” 16 Tomas, som ble kalt Tvillingen, sa da til de andre disiplene: ”Kom, la oss følge med, så kan vi dø sammen med ham.”
17 Da Jesus kom fram til Betania, fortalte de til ham at Lasarus allerede hadde ligget fire dager i graven. 18 Betania lå bare noen kilometer fra Jerusalem. 19 Mange menneskene hadde kommet fra hovedstaden for å trøste Marta og Maria i sorgen deres. 20 Da Marta nå hørte at Jesus var på vei, gikk hun ut for å møte ham, mens Maria stanset hjemme.
21 Marta sa til Jesus: ”Herre, dersom du hadde vært her, da hadde ikke broren min behøvd å dø. 22 Likevel vet jeg at Gud vil gi deg hva du enn ber ham om.”
23 Jesus svarte: ”Din bror skal bli levende igjen.”
24 Marta sa: ”Ja, jeg vet at han skal bli levende igjen den dagen alle døde blir vekket opp til et nytt liv og Gud skal dømme menneskene.”
25 Jesus sa til henne: ”Jeg er den som vekker opp de døde og som gir dem livet på nytt. Den som tror på meg, skal leve, selv om han dør. 26 Han får evig liv fordi han tror på meg, og han skal aldri noen sinne dø. Tror du dette, Marta?”
27 ”Ja, Herre”, svarte hun. ”Jeg tror at du er Messias, den lovede kongen og Guds sønn, som skulle komme til verden.”
28 Hun gikk fra Jesus og dro hjem igjen. Der tok hun Maria til siden og hvisket til henne: ”Jesus er her og vil treffe deg.” 29 Da Maria hørte det, reiste hun seg straks opp og gikk ut for å møte ham.
30 Jesus hadde stanset utenfor byen på den plassen der Marta hadde møtt ham. 31 Da alle som var i huset for å trøste Maria, så at hun skyndte seg ut, trodde de at hun ville gå til graven for å gråte der Lasarus lå. De fulgte etter henne. 32 Da Maria kom fram til Jesus, falt hun ned ved føttene hans og sa: ”Herre, dersom du hadde vært her, da hadde ikke broren min behøvd å dø.” 33 Da Jesus så hvordan hun gråt og sørget og hvordan de andre som fulgte med henne, også sørget og gråt, ble han heftig opprørt og skalv mens han spurte: 34 ”Hvor har dere begravd ham?”
De sa: ”Kom og se.” 35 Jesus begynte å gråte.
36 De som sto rundt, sa da: ”Se så høyt han elsket ham.”
37 Men noen sa: ”Han kunne helbrede en blind, hvorfor kunne han ikke også ha passet på at ikke Lasarus måtte å dø?” 38 Enda en gang ble Jesus opprørt. Han gikk til graven, som var en grotte med en stein foran åpningen.
39 Jesus sa: ”Rull bort steinen.” Men Marta, søsteren til den døde, protesterte: ”Lukten kommer til å være fryktelig, for han har vært død i fire dager.”
40 Jesus sa til henne: ”Sa jeg ikke til deg at dersom du tror på meg, skal du få se Guds herlighet?” 41 De rullet da steinen bort. Jesus så opp mot himmelen og sa: ”Far i himmelen, takk for at du har hørt meg. 42 Selv vet jeg at du alltid hører meg, men av hensyn til alle som står her, sier jeg det likevel, slik at de kan tro at du har sendt meg.” 43 Han ropte med kraftig stemme: ”Lasarus, kom ut!” 44 Lasarus kom ut inntullet i liksvøpet og med ansiktet dekket av et tørkle. Jesus sa: ”Ta av ham svøpet og la ham gå.”
Det jødiske rådet planlegger å drepe Jesus
45 Mange av dem som var sammen med Maria og hadde sett det Jesus gjorde, begynte nå å tro på ham. 46 Men noen gikk også til fariseerne[a] og rapporterte det Jesus hadde gjort.
47 Da kalte øversteprestene og fariseerne sammen hele Det jødiske rådet[b] for å diskutere situasjonen. De sa: ”Hva skal vi gjøre? Denne mannen gjør jo mange mirakler. 48 Dersom vi lar ham fortsette, begynner snart hele folket å tro på ham. Da kommer den romerske armeen til å ødelegge templet og utslette folket vårt.”
49 En av dem, Kaifas, som var øversteprest det året, sa da: ”Nå er dere desorientert og dumme! 50 Selvfølgelig kan vi ikke la hele folket gå til grunne. Det er bedre for alle at ett menneske dør for at hele folket kan bli reddet.”
51 Dette sa ikke Kaifas av seg selv. Nei, etter som han var øversteprest dette året, lot Gud ham forutsi at Jesus skulle dø for hele det jødiske folket, 52 Ja, ikke bare for det, men også for å samle og forene alle Guds barn som finnes spredt over hele verden. 53 Fra den stunden av var de religiøse lederne fast bestemt på å drepe Jesus.
54 Derfor gikk ikke Jesus lenger åpent omkring i Judea, men trakk seg bort til utkanten av ørkenen, til byen Efraim, der han oppholdt seg sammen med disiplene.
55 Den jødiske påskehøytiden[c] nærmet seg. Mange tilreisende fra alle distriktene kom til Jerusalem flere dager i forveien for å gå gjennom seremoniene for renselse før påsken begynte. 56 De ville gjerne treffe Jesus, og mens de besøkte templet, spurte de hverandre: ”Hva tror dere? Har han ikke tenkt å komme til påskehøytiden?” 57 Øversteprestene og fariseerne hadde gitt befaling om at den som visste hvor Jesus holdt hus, straks måtte melde fra om det. De ville arrestere ham.
Footnotes
- 11:46 Fariseerne var et religiøst parti blant jødene.
- 11:47 Det jødiske rådet hadde omkring 70 medlemmer og besto av alle de religiøse og politiske lederne i Israel. Rådet fungerte under den romerske okkupasjonen som domstol, men hadde også rett til å bestemme i enkelte politiske spørsmål.
- 11:55 ”Påske” kommer fra hebraisk ”pésach” eller ”pasách” som betyr ”gå forbi” eller ”skåne”. Jødene sin påske feires til minne om hvordan Gud reddet dem ut av slaveriet i Egypt. Se Andre Mosebok 12:1-27.
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.
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