The Decision to Kill Lazarus

Then a large crowd of the Jews learned he was there. They came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, the one he had raised from the dead.(A) 10 But the chief priests had decided to kill Lazarus also, 11 because he was the reason many of the Jews were deserting them[a] and believing in Jesus.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:11 Lit going away

When a large polys crowd ochlos of ek the ho Jews Ioudaios learned ginōskō that hoti Jesus was eimi there ekei, · kai they came erchomai, not ou only monon on account dia of · ho Jesus Iēsous but alla also kai that hina they might see · ho Lazarus Lazaros whom hos he had raised egeirō from ek the dead nekros. 10 So de the ho chief priests archiereus made plans bouleuō to hina put apokteinō Lazarus Lazaros to death apokteinō as kai well , · ho 11 because hoti on account of dia him autos many polys of the ho Jews Ioudaios were going hypagō over to eis Jesus Iēsous and kai putting pisteuō their faith in him. · ho

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