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The Death and Resurrection of Lazarus

11 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from (A)Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister (B)Martha. And it was the Mary who (C)anointed (D)the Lord with perfume, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. So the sisters sent to Him, saying, “(E)Lord, behold, (F)he whom You love is sick.” But when Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness is not to end in death, but is for (G)the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.” Now Jesus loved (H)Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days in the place where He was. Then after this He *said to the disciples, (I)Let us go to Judea again.” The disciples *said to Him, “(J)Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking (K)to stone You, and are You going there again?” Jesus answered, (L)Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” 11 He said these things, and after that He *said to them, “Our (M)friend Lazarus (N)has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him.” 12 The disciples then said to Him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will [a]be saved from his sickness.” 13 Now (O)Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of [b]actual sleep. 14 So Jesus then said to them [c]plainly, “Lazarus is dead, 15 and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let us go to him.” 16 (P)Therefore Thomas, who is called [d](Q)Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 11:12 Or recover
  2. John 11:13 Lit the slumber of sleep
  3. John 11:14 Or openly
  4. John 11:16 The Twin

The Death of Lazarus

11 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the woman who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair. Her brother Lazarus was the one who was ill. So the sisters sent word to Jesus[a] and told him, “Lord, the one whom you love is ill.”

But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This illness isn’t meant to end in death. It’s for God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. Yet, when he heard that Lazarus[b] was ill, he stayed where he was for two more days.

After this, he told the disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.”

The disciples told him, “Rabbi,[c] the Jewish leaders[d] were just now trying to stone you to death, and you are going back there again?”

Jesus replied, “There are twelve hours in the day, aren’t there? If anyone walks during the day he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if anyone walks at night he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” 11 These were the things he said.

Then after this, he told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I’m leaving to wake him up.”

12 So the disciples told him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well.” 13 Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was speaking about resting or sleeping.

14 Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died. 15 For your sake I’m glad that I wasn’t there, so that you may believe. But let’s go to him.”

16 Then Thomas, who was called the Twin,[e] told his fellow disciples, “Let’s go, too, so that we may die with him!”

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Footnotes

  1. John 11:3 Lit. sent to him
  2. John 11:6 Lit. he
  3. John 11:8 Rabbi is Heb. for Master and/or Teacher
  4. John 11:8 I.e. Judean leaders; lit. the Jews
  5. John 11:16 Lit. Didymus