At this time a (man) (named) Lazarus was sick. (He lived in) Bethany , - the village of Mary and her - sister Martha.
( - Mary , whose - brother Lazarus was sick , was - to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His - feet with her hair.)
So the sisters sent word to (Jesus) , “ Lord ... , the (one) You love is sick. ”
(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. ”
Now - Jesus loved - Martha and her - sister and - Lazarus.
So on hearing that (Lazarus) was sick , - - He stayed vvv vvv where He was for two days ,
and then ... ... He said to the disciples , “ Let us go back to - Jude -a. ”
“ Rabbi , ” - (they) replied - , “ the Jews just tried to stone You , and You are going back there ? ”
Jesus answered , “ Are there not twelve hours of daylight ? If anyone walks in the daytime , vvv he will not stumble , because he sees by the light of this - world.
But if anyone walks at - night , he will stumble , because - he has no - light. ”
- After - He had said this , He told them , “ Our - friend Lazarus has fallen asleep , but I am going (there) to wake him up .... ”
- His - disciples replied , “ Lord , if he is sleeping , he will get better. ”
- They thought that (Jesus) was talking about - actual sleep ... ... , but - (He) was speaking about the death of (Lazarus).
So - Jesus - told them plainly , “ Lazarus is dead ,
and for your sake ... I am glad - I was not there , so that you may believe. But let us go to him. ”
Then Thomas - called Didymus said to (his) fellow disciples , “ {Let} us also go , so that we may die with Him. ”
(When) - Jesus arrived , He found that (Lazarus) had already spent ... four days in the tomb.
Now - Bethany was near - Jerusalem , a little less than two miles ... away ,
and many of the Jews had come to - Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of (their) brother.
So when - Martha heard that Jesus was coming , she went out to meet Him ; but Mary stayed at - home.
- - Martha said to - Jesus , “ Lord , if You had been here , my - brother vvv vvv would not have died.
But ... even now I know that - God will give You whatever ... You ask of - (Him). ”
“ Your - brother will rise again , ” - Jesus told her -.
- Martha replied ... , “ I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day. ”
- Jesus said to her , “ I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live , even though he dies.
And everyone who lives and believes in Me vvv vvv will never die ... ... .... Do you believe this ? ”
“ Yes , Lord , ” she answered ... , “ I believe that You are the Christ , the Son - of God , who was to come into the world. ”
(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. ”
And when (Mary) heard this , she got up quickly and went to Him.
Now - Jesus {had} not yet entered ... the village , but was still at the place where - Martha had met Him.
(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.
- 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. ”
- When Jesus saw her weeping , and the Jews who had come with her {also} weeping , He was deeply moved - in spirit and - troubled.
“ Where have you put him ? ” - He asked. “ Come and see , Lord , ” they answered ....
Then the Jews said , “ See how He loved him ! ”
But some of them asked , “ Could not this (man) who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept ... - (Lazarus) from dying ? ”
- Jesus , once again deeply moved ... ... , came to the tomb. - It was a cave (with) a stone laid across (the entrance).
“ 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. ”
- Jesus replied ... , vvv “ Did I not tell you that if you believed , you would see the glory - of God ? ”
So they took away the stone. Then - Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said , “ Father , I thank You that You have heard Me.
- I knew that vvv You always hear Me , but I say (this) for the benefit of the people - standing (here) , so they may believe that You sent Me. ”
- (After Jesus) had said this , He called out vvv in a loud voice , “ Lazarus , come out ! ”
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 -.
Therefore many of the Jews who had come to - Mary , and had seen what (Jesus) did , believed in Him.
But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
Then the chief priests and - Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said , “ What are we to do ? - This - man is performing many signs.
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. ”
But vvv one of them , (named) Caiaphas , who was high priest - that year , said to them , “ You know vvv nothing at all !
vvv You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people (than that) the whole nation vvv perish. ”
- vvv (Caiaphas) did not say this on his own. Instead , (as) high priest - that year , he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation ,
and not only for the nation , but also (for) the - scattered children - of God , to gather (them) together into one.
So from that - day {on} they plotted to kill Him.
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.
Now the vvv Jewish Passover was near , and many (people) went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
- They kept looking for - Jesus and asking vvv one another (as) they stood in the temple (courts) , “ What do you think ... ? - vvv Will He come to the feast at all ? ”
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.