The Death of Lazarus 1Now a certain one was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
2And it was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
3The sisters, therefore, sent to Him, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom Thou lovest is sick."
4And Jesus, hearing it, said, Jesus Comforts Martha and Mary 17Jesus, therefore, having come, found that he had already been four days in the tomb.
18Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs distant.
19And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
20Martha, therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, met Him; but Mary was sitting in the house.
21Martha, therefore, said to Jesus, "Lord, if Thou hadst been here, my brother would not have died;
22and now I know that, whatsoever Thou shalt ask of God, God will give Thee."
23Jesus saith to her,
28And, saying this, she went away, and called Mary her sister privately, saying, "The Teacher is present, and calleth for you."
29And she, when she heard it, arose quickly, and went to Him.
30(Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha met Him.)
31The Jews, therefore, who were with her in the house, and were comforting her, seeing Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb, to weep there.
32Mary, therefore, when she came where Jesus was, seeing Him, fell at His feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if Thou hadst been here, my brother would not have died."
33Jesus, therefore, when He saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, groaned in the spirit, and troubled Himself;
34and He said, Jesus Raises Lazarus 38Jesus, therefore, again groaning in Himself, cometh to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying on it.
39Jesus saith, The Plot to Kill Jesus 45Many, therefore, of the Jews who came to Mary and beheld what He did, believed on Him;
46but some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them what Jesus did.
47The high priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, "What are we doing? because This Man is doing many signs.
48If we let Him thus alone, all will believe on Him; and the Romans will come, and take away both our place and our nation.
49But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said, "Ye know nothing at all;
50nor do ye consider that it is expedient for you, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not."
51And this he said not of himself; but, being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for that nation;
52and not for that nation only, but that He might also gather together into one the children of God that are scattered abroad.
53From that day, therefore, they took counsel, that they might put Him to death.
54Jesus, therefore, was no longer openly walking about among the Jews; but He went away thence into the country near to the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there He abode with the disciples.
55Now the passover of the Jews was near; and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves.
56They were, therefore, seeking for Jesus, and were saying one with another, while standing in the temple, "What think ye? That He will not come to the feast?"
57Now the high priests and the Pharisees had given orders, that, if any one knew where He was, he should show it, that they might seize Him. Worrell New Testament (1904) Digital Text Courtesy TheWord.net Bible Software. Section Headings Courtesy Berean Bible. |