1 GLT Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, from the village 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 GLT Now Mary was the one having anointed the Lord with myrrh and having 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 GLT Therefore, the sisters sent to him, saying,“Sir, behold, he whom you love is sick.” BSB BSB: So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”
4 GLT But having heard{ it}, Jesus said,“This sickness is not to death but for the glory of God so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.” 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 GLT (Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.) BSB BSB: Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 GLT Therefore, when he heard that he was sick, he then indeed stayed two days in the place where he was. BSB BSB: So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,
7 GLT Then after this, he says to the disciples,“Let us go to Judea again.” BSB BSB: and then He said to the disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”
8 GLT The disciples say to him,“Rabbi, right now the Jews are seeking to stone you, and you are going back there again?” BSB BSB: “Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”
9 GLT Jesus answered,“Are there not 12 hours in the day? If someone walks in the daytime, he does not stumble, because he sees by 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 GLT But if someone walks at night, he stumbles because the light is not in him.” BSB BSB: But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”
11 GLT He said these things, and after this, he says to them,“Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may wake 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 GLT Therefore, the disciples said to him,“Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” BSB BSB: His disciples replied, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better.”
13 GLT (Now Jesus had spoken about his death, but those ones thought that he is speaking about the sleep of slumber.) BSB BSB: They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus.
14 GLT Therefore, Jesus then said to them plainly,“Lazarus died. BSB BSB: So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,
15 GLT And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. But 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 GLT Therefore, Thomas, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples,“Let us also go, so 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.”
17 GLT Therefore, having come, Jesus found him having already been in the tomb for four days. BSB BSB: When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.
18 GLT Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about 15 stadia away. BSB BSB: Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away,
19 GLT And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary so that they might comfort them about 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 GLT Then Martha, when she heard,“Jesus is coming,” went to meet him, but Mary was sitting 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 GLT Martha then said to Jesus,“Lord, if you were here, my brother would not have died. BSB BSB: Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 GLT But even now, I know that whatever you would ask from God, God will give to you.” BSB BSB: But even now I know that God will give You whatever You ask of Him.”
23 GLT Jesus says to her,“Your brother will rise again.” BSB BSB: “Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her.
24 GLT Martha says to him,“I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” BSB BSB: Martha replied, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 GLT Jesus said to her,“I am the resurrection and the life; the one believing in me, even if he dies, will 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 GLT and everyone living and believing in me may certainly not die into eternity. Do you believe this?” BSB BSB: And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
27 GLT She says to him,“Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, coming 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 GLT And having said this, she went away and called her sister Mary privately, having said,“The Teacher is here and is calling 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 GLT Now when she heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. BSB BSB: And when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him.
30 GLT (Now Jesus had not yet come into the village but was still in the place where Martha had met him.) BSB BSB: Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.
31 GLT Then the Jews being with her in the house and comforting her, having seen that Mary got up quickly and went out, followed her, having thought that she was going to the tomb so that she might 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 GLT Then as soon as Mary came{ to the place} where Jesus was, having seen him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him,“Lord, if you were here, my brother would not have 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 GLT And he said,“Where have you laid him?” They say to him,“Lord, come and see.” BSB BSB: “Where have you put him?” He asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they answered.
36 GLT Then the Jews said,“Behold how much he loved him!” BSB BSB: Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
37 GLT But some of them said,“Was this one, having opened the eyes of the blind man, not able to act so that this one also would not die?” BSB BSB: But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
38 GLT Therefore, Jesus again, being deeply disturbed in himself, went to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it. BSB BSB: Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
39 GLT Jesus says,“Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the one that had died, says to him,“Lord, he will already stink, for it is 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 GLT Jesus says to her,“Did I not say to you that, if you believe, you will 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 GLT Therefore, they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted up his eyes and said,“Father, I thank you that you 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 GLT Now I have known that you always hear, but because of the crowd that is standing around I spoke, so that they may believe that you 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 GLT And having said this, he cried out with a loud voice,“Lazarus, come out!” BSB BSB: After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
44 GLT The dead man came out, his feet and hands having been bound with cloths, and his face having been bound with a cloth. Jesus says to them,“Untie 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.
45 GLT Therefore, many of the Jews, having come to Mary and having seen what he did, believed in him. BSB BSB: Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
46 GLT But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. BSB BSB: But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47 GLT Therefore, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Sanhedrin together and said,“What will we do, for this man does many signs? 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 GLT If we leave him alone like this, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come and will 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 GLT But one certain man among them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them,“You do not know anything. BSB BSB: But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
50 GLT You do not consider that it is better for you that one man would die for the people, and the whole nation would not perish.” 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 GLT (Now this he said not from himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the 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 GLT and not only for the nation, but so that also the children of God having been scattered would be gathered together into one.) BSB BSB: and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.
53 GLT Therefore, from that day they plotted so that they might put him to death. BSB BSB: So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.
54 GLT Therefore, Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but he departed from there into the country near the wilderness, into a town called Ephraim. There he stayed with the 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 GLT Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country before the Passover so that they might 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 GLT So they were looking for Jesus and speaking one with another as they stood in the temple,“What does it seem to you? That he may certainly not come to the festival?” 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 GLT Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given an order so that if anyone might know where he was, he should report it so that they might seize 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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