John 11 — GNV

11Verse 1And a certaine man was sicke, named Lazarus of Bethania, the towne of Marie, and her sister Martha.^{Verse 2}(And it was that Mary which anointed the Lord with oyntment, and wiped his feete with her heare, whose brother Lazarus was sicke.)^{Verse 3}Therefore his sisters sent vnto him, saying, Lord, beholde, he whome thou louest, is sicke.^{Verse 4}When Iesus heard it, he saide, This sickenes is not vnto death, but for the glorie of God, that the Sonne of God might be glorified thereby.^{Verse 5}Nowe Iesus loued Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.^{Verse 6}And after he had heard that he was sicke, yet abode hee two dayes still in the same place where he was.^{Verse 7}Then after that, said he to his disciples, Let vs goe into Iudea againe.^{Verse 8}The disciples saide vnto him, Master, the Iewes lately sought to stone thee, and doest thou goe thither againe?^{Verse 9}Iesus answered, Are there not twelue houres in the day? If a man walke in the day, hee stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.^{Verse 10}But if a man walke in the night, hee stumbleth, because there is no light in him.^{Verse 11}These things spake he, and after, he said vnto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth: but I goe to wake him vp.^{Verse 12}Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleepe, he shalbe safe.^{Verse 13}Howbeit, Iesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of the naturall sleepe.^{Verse 14}Then saide Iesus vnto them plainely, Lazarus is dead.^{Verse 15}And I am glad for your sakes, that I was not there, that ye may beleeue: but let vs go vnto him.^{Verse 16}Then saide Thomas (which is called Didymus) vnto his felow disciples, Let vs also goe, that we may die with him.^{Verse 17}Then came Iesus, and found that he had lien in the graue foure dayes alreadie.^{Verse 18}(Nowe Bethania was neere vnto Hierusalem, about fifteene furlongs off.)^{Verse 19}And many of ye Iewes were come to Martha and Marie to comfort them for their brother.^{Verse 20}Then Martha, when shee heard that Iesus was comming, went to meete him: but Mary sate still in the house.^{Verse 21}Then said Martha vnto Iesus, Lord, if thou hadst bene here, my brother had not bene dead.^{Verse 22}But now I know also, that whatsoeuer thou askest of God, God will giue it thee.^{Verse 23}Iesus said vnto her, Thy brother shall rise againe.^{Verse 24}Martha said vnto him, I know that he shall rise againe in the resurrection at the last day.^{Verse 25}Iesus saide vnto her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that beleeueth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he liue.^{Verse 26}And whosoeuer liueth, and beleeueth in me, shall neuer die: Beleeuest thou this?^{Verse 27}She said vnto him, Yea, Lord, I beleeue that thou art that Christ that Sonne of God, which should come into the world.^{Verse 28}And when she had so saide, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.^{Verse 29}And when she heard it, shee arose quickly, and came vnto him.^{Verse 30}For Iesus was not yet come into the towne, but was in the place where Martha met him.^{Verse 31}The Iewes then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they sawe Marie, that she rose vp hastily, and went out, folowed her, saying, She goeth vnto the graue, to weepe there.^{Verse 32}Then when Mary was come where Iesus was, and sawe him, she fell downe at his feete, saying vnto him, Lord, if thou haddest bene here, my brother had not bene dead.^{Verse 33}When Iesus therefore saw her weepe, and the Iewes also weepe which came with her, hee groned in the spirit, and was troubled in himselfe,^{Verse 34}And saide, Where haue ye layde him? They said vnto him, Lord, come and see.^{Verse 35}And Iesus wept.^{Verse 36}Then saide the Iewes, Beholde, how he loued him.^{Verse 37}And some of them saide, Coulde not he, which opened the eyes of the blinde, haue made also, that this man should not haue died?^{Verse 38}Iesus therefore againe groned in himselfe, and came to the graue. And it was a caue, and a stone was layde vpon it.^{Verse 39}Iesus saide, Take ye away the stone. Martha the sister of him that was dead, said vnto him, Lord, he stinketh alreadie: for he hath bene dead foure dayes.^{Verse 40}Iesus saide vnto her, Saide I not vnto thee, that if thou diddest beleeue, thou shouldest see the glorie of God?^{Verse 41}Then they tooke away the stone from the place where the dead was layde. And Iesus lift vp his eyes, and saide, Father, I thanke thee, because thou hast heard me.^{Verse 42}I knowe that thou hearest me alwayes, but because of the people that stand by, I said it, that they may beleeue, that thou hast sent me.^{Verse 43}As hee had spoken these things, hee cried with a loude voyce, Lazarus, come foorth.^{Verse 44}Then he that was dead, came forth, bound hande and foote with bandes, and his face was bound with a napkin. Iesus said vnto them, Loose him, and let him goe.^{Verse 45}Then many of the Iewes, which came to Mary, and had seene the thinges, which Iesus did, beleeued in him.^{Verse 46}But some of them went their way to the Pharises, and told them what things Iesus had done.^{Verse 47}Then gathered the hie Priests, and the Pharises a councill, and said, What shall we doe? For this man doeth many miracles.^{Verse 48}If we let him thus alone, all men will beleeue in him, and the Romanes will come and take away both our place, and the nation.^{Verse 49}Then one of them named Caiaphas, which was the hie Priest that same yere, said vnto them, Ye perceiue nothing at all,^{Verse 50}Nor yet doe you consider that it is expedient for vs, that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.^{Verse 51}This spake hee not of himselfe: but being hie Priest that same yere, he prophecied that Iesus should die for that nation:^{Verse 52}And not for that nation onely, but that he shoulde gather together in one the children of God, which were scattered.^{Verse 53}Then from that day foorth they consulted together, to put him to death.^{Verse 54}Iesus therefore walked no more openly among the Iewes, but went thence vnto a countrey neere to the wildernes, into a citie called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.^{Verse 55}And the Iewes Passeouer was at hande, and many went out of the countrey vp to Hierusalem before the Passeouer, to purifie themselues.^{Verse 56}Then sought they for Iesus, and spake among themselues, as they stoode in the Temple, What thinke ye, that he cometh not to the feast?^{Verse 57}Now both the high Priestes and the Pharises had giuen a commandement, that if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.