John 11:1-19 ▼

1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

2 And Mary was the one having anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and having wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

3 Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, the one whom You love is sick.”

4 And having heard, Jesus said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

6 Therefore when He heard that he is sick, then indeed He remained in the place in which He was two days.

7 Then after this, He says to the disciples, “Let us go into Judea again.”

8 The disciples say to Him, “Rabbi, just now the Jews were seeking to stone You, and again You are going there?”

9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of the day? If anyone may walk in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

10 But if anyone may walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

11 He said these things, and after this He says to them, “Lazarus our friend has fallen asleep, but I go so that I may awaken him.”

12 Therefore the disciples said to Him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will be saved.”

13 Now Jesus had spoken about his death; but they thought that He speaks about the rest of sleep.

14 So then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus has died,

15 and I rejoice for your? sake (so that you? might believe) that I was not there. But let us go to him.”

16 Therefore Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”

17 Therefore, having come, Jesus found him already having been four days in the tomb.

18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.

19 And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, so that they might console them concerning their brother.