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John 11
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John 11
New Living Translation
The Raising of Lazarus
11 A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha. 2 This is the Mary who later poured the expensive perfume on the Lord’s feet and wiped them with her hair.[a] Her brother, Lazarus, was sick. 3 So the two sisters sent a message to Jesus telling him, “Lord, your dear friend is very sick.”
4 But when Jesus heard about it he said, “Lazarus’s sickness will not end in death. No, it happened for the glory of God so that the Son of God will receive glory from this.” 5 So although Jesus loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, 6 he stayed where he was for the next two days. 7 Finally, he said to his disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.”
8 But his disciples objected. “Rabbi,” they said, “only a few days ago the people[b] in Judea were trying to stone you. Are you going there again?”
9 Jesus replied, “There are twelve hours of daylight every day. During the day people can walk safely. They can see because they have the light of this world. 10 But at night there is danger of stumbling because they have no light.” 11 Then he said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but now I will go and wake him up.”
12 The disciples said, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will soon get better!” 13 They thought Jesus meant Lazarus was simply sleeping, but Jesus meant Lazarus had died.
14 So he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. 15 And for your sakes, I’m glad I wasn’t there, for now you will really believe. Come, let’s go see him.”
16 Thomas, nicknamed the Twin,[c] said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go, too—and die with Jesus.”
17 When Jesus arrived at Bethany, he was told that Lazarus had already been in his grave for four days. 18 Bethany was only a few miles[d] down the road from Jerusalem, 19 and many of the people had come to console Martha and Mary in their loss. 20 When Martha got word that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him. But Mary stayed in the house. 21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask.”
23 Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 “Yes,” Martha said, “he will rise when everyone else rises, at the last day.”
25 Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life.[e] Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. 26 Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this, Martha?”
27 “Yes, Lord,” she told him. “I have always believed you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who has come into the world from God.” 28 Then she returned to Mary. She called Mary aside from the mourners and told her, “The Teacher is here and wants to see you.” 29 So Mary immediately went to him.
30 Jesus had stayed outside the village, at the place where Martha met him. 31 When the people who were at the house consoling Mary saw her leave so hastily, they assumed she was going to Lazarus’s grave to weep. So they followed her there. 32 When Mary arrived and saw Jesus, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 When Jesus saw her weeping and saw the other people wailing with her, a deep anger welled up within him,[f] and he was deeply troubled. 34 “Where have you put him?” he asked them.
They told him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 Then Jesus wept. 36 The people who were standing nearby said, “See how much he loved him!” 37 But some said, “This man healed a blind man. Couldn’t he have kept Lazarus from dying?”
38 Jesus was still angry as he arrived at the tomb, a cave with a stone rolled across its entrance. 39 “Roll the stone aside,” Jesus told them.
But Martha, the dead man’s sister, protested, “Lord, he has been dead for four days. The smell will be terrible.”
40 Jesus responded, “Didn’t I tell you that you would see God’s glory if you believe?” 41 So they rolled the stone aside. Then Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, thank you for hearing me. 42 You always hear me, but I said it out loud for the sake of all these people standing here, so that they will believe you sent me.” 43 Then Jesus shouted, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 And the dead man came out, his hands and feet bound in graveclothes, his face wrapped in a headcloth. Jesus told them, “Unwrap him and let him go!”
The Plot to Kill Jesus
45 Many of the people who were with Mary believed in Jesus when they saw this happen. 46 But some went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47 Then the leading priests and Pharisees called the high council[g] together. “What are we going to do?” they asked each other. “This man certainly performs many miraculous signs. 48 If we allow him to go on like this, soon everyone will believe in him. Then the Roman army will come and destroy both our Temple[h] and our nation.”
49 Caiaphas, who was high priest at that time,[i] said, “You don’t know what you’re talking about! 50 You don’t realize that it’s better for you that one man should die for the people than for the whole nation to be destroyed.”
51 He did not say this on his own; as high priest at that time he was led to prophesy that Jesus would die for the entire nation. 52 And not only for that nation, but to bring together and unite all the children of God scattered around the world.
53 So from that time on, the Jewish leaders began to plot Jesus’ death. 54 As a result, Jesus stopped his public ministry among the people and left Jerusalem. He went to a place near the wilderness, to the village of Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.
55 It was now almost time for the Jewish Passover celebration, and many people from all over the country arrived in Jerusalem several days early so they could go through the purification ceremony before Passover began. 56 They kept looking for Jesus, but as they stood around in the Temple, they said to each other, “What do you think? He won’t come for Passover, will he?” 57 Meanwhile, the leading priests and Pharisees had publicly ordered that anyone seeing Jesus must report it immediately so they could arrest him.
Footnotes
- 11:2 This incident is recorded in chapter 12.
- 11:8 Greek Jewish people; also in 11:19, 31, 33, 36, 45, 54.
- 11:16 Greek Thomas, who was called Didymus.
- 11:18 Greek was about 15 stadia [about 2.8 kilometers].
- 11:25 Some manuscripts do not include and the life.
- 11:33 Or he was angry in his spirit.
- 11:47 Greek the Sanhedrin.
- 11:48 Or our position; Greek reads our place.
- 11:49 Greek that year; also in 11:51.
Johannes 11
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
Johannes 11
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
Lasaros blir sjuk och dör
11 En man som hette Lasaros låg sjuk. Han bodde i Betania tillsammans med sina systrar Maria och Marta
2 (Det var hans syster Maria som smorde Herren med välluktande olja och torkade hans fötter med sitt hår).
3 De två systrarna skickade ett meddelande till Jesus: Herre, din vän Lasaros är allvarligt sjuk.
4 Men när Jesus hörde det sa han: Hans sjukdom ska inte leda till döden, utan till att Gud förhärligas så att jag, Guds Son, blir ärad genom detta.
5 Trots att Jesus tyckte mycket om Marta, Maria och Lasaros,
6 stannade han ändå där han var i ytterligare två dagar.
7 Därefter sa han till lärjungarna: Låt oss gå till Judeen.
8 Men lärjungarna invände: Herre, för bara ett par dagar sedan försökte de judiska ledarna i Judeen döda dig. Ska du nu gå dit igen?
9 Jesus svarade: Det är ljust tolv timmar om dagen, och då kan man gå tryggt utan att snava.
10 Det är bara på natten som man på grund av mörkret behöver vara rädd för att snubbla.
11 Sedan sa han: Vår vän Lasaros har somnat in, men nu ska jag gå och väcka honom.
12-13 Lärjungarna trodde att Jesus menade att Lasaros hade fått en stunds skön sömn och sa: Det betyder att han är på bättringsvägen. Men Jesus menade att Lasaros hade dött.
14 Så han sa öppet till dem: Lasaros är död.
15 Och för er skull är jag glad att jag inte var där för hans död kommer att hjälpa er att tro på mig. Kom, nu går vi dit.
16 Tomas, med smeknamnet Tvillingen, sa till de andra lärjungarna: Vi går med så vi kan dö tillsammans med honom.
Jesus tröstar Maria och Marta
17 När de kom fram till Betania berättade man för dem att Lasaros redan hade legat fyra dagar i graven.
18 Betania låg bara några kilometer från Jerusalem,
19 och många judar hade kommit därifrån för att trösta Marta och Maria i deras sorg.
20 När Marta hörde att Jesus var på väg gick hon för att möta honom, men Maria stannade hemma.
21 Marta sa till Jesus: Herre, om du hade varit här, så hade inte min bror behövt dö.
22 Men jag vet i alla fall att Gud kan ge dig vad som helst om du bara ber honom om det.
23 Jesus sa till henne: Din bror ska återvända till livet.
24 Ja, sa Marta, när alla andra gör det på uppståndelsens morgon.
25 Jesus sa till henne: Jag är den som uppväcker de döda och ger dem liv igen. Den som tror på mig ska leva, även om han dör.
26 Han får evigt liv därför att han tror på mig och ska aldrig någonsin dö. Tror du det, Marta?
27 Ja, Herre, svarade hon honom. Jag tror att du är Messias, Guds Son, den som vi väntat på så länge.
28 Sedan lämnade hon honom och återvände till Maria och tog henne avsides från de sörjande och viskade till henne: Jesus är här och vill träffa dig.
29 Då reste hon sig upp och gick med detsamma för att möta honom.
30 Jesus hade stannat utanför byn på den plats där Marta hade mött honom.
31 När judarna, som var i huset för att försöka trösta Maria, såg henne skynda sig ut, trodde de att hon skulle gå till Lasaros grav för att gråta, och de följde efter henne.
32 När Maria kom fram till Jesus föll hon ner vid hans fötter och sa: Herre, om du hade varit här, skulle min bror fortfarande ha varit i livet.
33 När Jesus såg hur hon grät och hur judarna som följt med henne också grät, blev han djupt rörd:
34 Var har ni begravt honom? frågade han dem.De sa till honom: Kom och se.
35 Och Jesus började gråta.
36 De var mycket nära vänner, sa judarna. Se hur mycket han älskade honom.
Jesus uppväcker Lasaros från döden
37-38 Men många sa: Om den mannen botade en blind, varför kunde han då inte göra så att Lasaros slapp dö? Och återigen blev Jesus upprörd. Sedan kom de till graven, som var en grotta med en tung sten som spärrade öppningen.
39 Jesus sa till dem: Rulla undan stenen.Men Marta, den döde mannens syster, sa: Lukten kommer att vara fruktansvärd för han har varit död i fyra dagar.
40 Jesus svarade: Har jag inte sagt till dig att om du tror ska du få se vilket under Gud kan göra?
41 Då rullade de undan stenen. Sedan såg Jesus upp mot himlen och sa: Far, tack för att du har hört mig.
42 Du hör mig naturligtvis alltid, men jag säger det för alla de människors skull som står här, så att de ska tro att du har sänt mig.
43 Sedan ropade han: Lasaros, kom ut!
44 Och Lasaros kom ut inhöljd i liksvepningen och med ansiktet täckt av en duk. Jesus sa då till dem: Ta av honom det där och låt honom gå.
De religiösa ledarna planerar att döda Jesus
45 Många av de judar som var på besök hos Maria och såg vad Jesus gjorde, trodde då till slut på honom.
46 Men några gick bort till fariseerna och rapporterade vad som hänt.
47 Då sammankallade översteprästerna och fariseerna ett råd för att diskutera situationen.Vad ska vi göra?, sa de till varandra. Den här mannen gör ju verkligen under.
48 Om vi låter honom fortsätta kommer hela folket att ställa sig på hans sida, och då kommer den romerska armén att gripa in och utplåna både oss och vårt land.
49 Och en av dem, Kajafas, som var överstepräst det året, sa: Ni fattar ingenting!
50 För oss är det bäst om en man dör för folket, än att ett helt folk går under.
51 Denna profetia om att Jesus skulle dö för hela folket kom från Kajafas, översteprästen. Han sa det inte av sig själv, utan Gud lade orden i hans mun.
52 Det var en förutsägelse om att Jesus skulle dö inte bara för Israel, utan för alla Guds barn som är spridda runt världen.
53 Från den stunden var de judiska ledarna fast beslutna att avrätta Jesus.
54 Jesus avslutade nu sin offentliga verksamhet och lämnade Jerusalem. Han gick till utkanten av öknen, till staden Efraim, och stannade där med sina lärjungar.
55 Påsken, en av judarnas heliga högtider, närmade sig, och många människor från hela landet kom till Jerusalem flera dagar i förväg för att gå igenom reningsceremonierna innan påsken började.
56 De ville se Jesus, och medan de stod och samtalade i templet frågade de varandra: Vad tror ni? Tänker han komma till påskhögtiden?
57 Under tiden hade översteprästerna och fariseerna befallt att den som såg Jesus genast måste rapportera det, så att de kunde arrestera honom.
John 11
New International Version
John 11
New International Version
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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