The Death of Lazarus 1 AKJV Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. BSB BSB: At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 AKJV (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) BSB BSB: (Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
3 AKJV Therefore his sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick. BSB BSB: So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”
4 AKJV When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. BSB BSB: When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
5 AKJV Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. BSB BSB: Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 AKJV When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he stayed two days still in the same place where he was. BSB BSB: So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,
7 AKJV Then after that says he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again. BSB BSB: and then He said to the disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”
8 AKJV His disciples say to him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone you; and go you thither again? BSB BSB: “Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”
9 AKJV Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbles not, because he sees the light of this world. BSB BSB: Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
10 AKJV But if a man walk in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him. BSB BSB: But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”
11 AKJV These things said he: and after that he says to them, Our friend Lazarus sleeps; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. BSB BSB: After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”
12 AKJV Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. BSB BSB: His disciples replied, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better.”
13 AKJV However, Jesus spoke of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. BSB BSB: They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus.
14 AKJV Then said Jesus to them plainly, Lazarus is dead. BSB BSB: So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,
15 AKJV And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent you may believe; nevertheless let us go to him. BSB BSB: and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
16 AKJV Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, to his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. BSB BSB: Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”
Jesus Comforts Martha and Mary 17 AKJV Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. BSB BSB: When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.
18 AKJV Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: BSB BSB: Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away,
19 AKJV And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. BSB BSB: and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.
20 AKJV Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. BSB BSB: So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him, but Mary stayed at home.
21 AKJV Then said Martha to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here, my brother had not died. BSB BSB: Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 AKJV But I know, that even now, whatever you will ask of God, God will give it you. BSB BSB: But even now I know that God will give You whatever You ask of Him.”
23 AKJV Jesus says to her, Your brother shall rise again. BSB BSB: “Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her.
24 AKJV Martha says to him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. BSB BSB: Martha replied, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 AKJV Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: BSB BSB: Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
26 AKJV And whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Believe you this? BSB BSB: And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
27 AKJV She says to him, Yes, Lord: I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. BSB BSB: “Yes, Lord,” she answered, “I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”
28 AKJV And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calls for you. BSB BSB: After Martha had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”
29 AKJV As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came to him. BSB BSB: And when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him.
30 AKJV Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him. BSB BSB: Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.
31 AKJV The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goes to the grave to weep there. BSB BSB: When the Jews who were in the house consoling Mary saw how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
32 AKJV Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if you had been here, my brother had not died. BSB BSB: When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
34 AKJV And said, Where have you laid him? They said to him, Lord, come and see. BSB BSB: “Where have you put him?” He asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they answered.
36 AKJV Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! BSB BSB: Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
37 AKJV And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? BSB BSB: But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
Jesus Raises Lazarus (Acts 9:36–43)
38 AKJV Jesus therefore again groaning in himself comes to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay on it. BSB BSB: Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
39 AKJV Jesus says, Take you away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said to him, Lord, by this time he stinks: for he has been dead four days. BSB BSB: “Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”
40 AKJV Jesus says to her, Said I not to you, that, if you would believe, you should see the glory of God? BSB BSB: Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
41 AKJV Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank you that you have heard me. BSB BSB: So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
42 AKJV And I knew that you hear me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that you have sent me. BSB BSB: I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”
43 AKJV And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. BSB BSB: After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
44 AKJV And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus says to them, Loose him, and let him go. BSB BSB: The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.
The Plot to Kill Jesus (Matthew 26:1–5; Mark 14:1–2; Luke 22:1–2)
45 AKJV Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. BSB BSB: Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
46 AKJV But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. BSB BSB: But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47 AKJV Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many miracles. BSB BSB: Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
48 AKJV If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. BSB BSB: If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
49 AKJV And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said to them, You know nothing at all, BSB BSB: But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
50 AKJV Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. BSB BSB: You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
51 AKJV And this spoke he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; BSB BSB: Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,
52 AKJV And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. BSB BSB: and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.
53 AKJV Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death. BSB BSB: So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.
54 AKJV Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went there to a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples. BSB BSB: As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.
55 AKJV And the Jews’ passover was near at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves. BSB BSB: Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
56 AKJV Then sought they for Jesus, and spoke among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think you, that he will not come to the feast? BSB BSB: They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple courts, “What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?”
57 AKJV Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should show it, that they might take him. BSB BSB: But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.
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