Thomson(i)
1 Now one Lazarus, an inhabitant of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha, was sick.
2 It was this Mary who anointed the Lord with balsam, after wiping his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
3 The sisters, therefore sent to Jesus, saying, Sir, He whom thou lovest is sick.
4 Upon hearing this, Jesus said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that by it the son of God may be glorified.
5 Therefore though Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus,
6 yet when he heard that he was, sick, he then stayed two days in the place where he was.
7 And after that he saith to his disciples, Let us go again to Judea.
8 The disciples say to him, Rabbi, very lately the Jews sought to stone thee, and art thou going thither again?
9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walketh in the day he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world:
10 but if any one walk in the night he stumbleth because there is no light in him.
11 Thus he spake, and after that he saith to them, Our friend Lazarus is composed to rest; but I am going to wake him.
12 Thereupon his disciples said, Master, if he is composed to rest, he will recover.
13 Now Jesus spoke of his death; but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.
14 Therefore Jesus then told them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
15 And on your account that you may believe, I am glad that I was not there. But let us go to him.
16 Upon this Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, Let us also go that we may die with him.
17 So when Jesus came, he found that he had now been four days in the tomb.
18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.
19 And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them on the death of their brother.
20 Therefore soon as Martha heard that Jesus is coming she went out to meet him; but Mary remained in the house.
21 Martha therefore said to Jesus, Master, if thou hadst been here my brother would not have died;
22 but still I know that whatever thou wilt ask of God, God will grant thee.
23 Jesus saith to her, Thy brother shall rise again.
24 Martha said to him, I know that he will rise again at the resurrection, at the last day.
25 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he who believeth in me, though he may die, shall live.
26 And none who liveth and believeth in me shall ever die. Believest thou this?
27 She saith to him, Yes, Lord, I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, the one coming into the world.
28 And having said this, she went and called her sister Mary privately, saying, The teacher is come and calleth for thee.
29 As soon as she heard, she riseth instantly and goeth to him.
30 Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was at the place where Martha met him.
31 When the Jews therefore who were in the house, and comforting her, saw that Mary arose hastily and went out, they followed her, saying, She is going to the tomb to weep there.
32 When Mary then was come to the place where Jesus was, upon seeing him she fell at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if thou hadst been here my brother would not have died.
33 Therefore when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who came with her, he restrained his spirit, and was troubled,
34 and said, Where have you laid him? They say to him, Master, Come and see.
35 Jesus wept.
36 Upon this the Jews said, Behold! how he loved him!
37 And some of them said, Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind have prevented his death?
38 Then Jesus, again restraining himself, cometh to the tomb. Now it was a cave and a stone lay upon it.
39 Jesus saith, Remove the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, saith to him, Master, by this time the smell is offensive; for this is the fourth day.
40 Jesus saith to her, Did I not tell thee, if thou wouldst believe thou shouldst see the glory of God?
41 Then they removed the stone from where the deceased lay. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
42 Now I know that thou hearest me always; but I have said this for the sake of the people standing around, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
43 And having said this, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, Come forth.
44 Whereupon he who had been dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes, and his face was wrapped in a napkin. Jesus saith to them, Loose him and let him go.
45 Upon this many of the Jews who had come to Mary, when they saw what Jesus had done, believed in him.
46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47 Whereupon the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled the Sanhedrim, and said, What are we doing? Because this man doth many miracles,
48 if we let him go on thus, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both this place and this nation of ours.
49 And one of them, namely, Caiaphas, being chief priest that year, said to them, Are you totally ignorant,
50 and do you not consider that it is better for us that one man die for the people than that the whole nation should perish.
51 Now this he said not merely of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was soon to die for that nation,
52 and not for that nation only, but that he might gather into one body the children of God who were scattered abroad.
53 From that day therefore they consulted together that they might put him to death.
54 For this reason Jesus walked no more publicly among the Jews, but went thence to the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and continued there with his disciples.
55 Now the passover of the Jews was near, and many came up to Jerusalem from the country, before the passover, to purify themselves.
56 They therefore sought Jesus, and said to one another as they were standing in the temple, What think ye? Will he not come to this festival?
57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had issued an order, that if any one knew where he is, he should give information, that they might apprehend him.