1 There was a sick man named Lazarus who was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 It was the same Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair. Her brother Lazarus was sick.
3 So the sisters sent this message to Jesus, "Lord, the one you love is sick."
4 On hearing this Jesus said, "This illness will not end in death; rather it is for God's glory and the Son of God will be glorified through it."
5 It is a fact that Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus;
6 yet, after he heard of the illness of Lazarus, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.
7 Only then did he say to his disciples, "Let us go into Judea again."
8 They replied, "Master, recently the Jews wanted to stone you. Are you going there again?"
9 Jesus said to them, "Are not twelve working hours needed to complete a day? Those who walk in the daytime shall not stumble, for they see the light of this world.
10 But those who walk at night stumble, for there is no light in them."
11 After that Jesus said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going to wake him."
12 The disciples replied, "Lord, a sick person who sleeps will recover."
13 But Jesus had referred to Lazarus' death, while they thought that he had meant the repose of sleep.
14 So Jesus said plainly, "Lazarus is dead
15 and for your sake I am glad I was not there, for now you may believe. But let us go there, where he is."
16 Then Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go that we may die with him."
17 When Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days.
18 As Bethany is near Jerusalem, about two miles away,
19 many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to offer consolation at their brother's death.
20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him while Mary remained sitting in the house.
21 And she said to Jesus, "If you had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 But I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you."
23 Jesus said, "Your brother will rise again."
24 Martha replied, "I know that he will rise in the resurrection, at the last day."
25 But Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection; whoever believes in me, though he die, shall live.
26 Whoever is alive by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
27 Martha then answered, "Yes, Lord, I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, he who is coming into the world."
28 After that Martha went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, "The Master is here and is calling for you."
29 As soon as Mary heard this, she rose and went to him.
30 Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him.
31 The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her, also came. When they saw her get up and go out, they followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep.
32 As for Mary, when she came to the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."
33 When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews also who had come with her, he was moved in the depths of his spirit and troubled.
34 Then he asked, "Where have you laid him?" They answered, "Lord, come and see."
35 And Jesus wept.
36 The Jews said, "See how he loved him!"
37 But some of them said, "If he could open the eyes of the blind man, could he not have kept this man from dying?"
38 Jesus was deeply moved again and drew near to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across it.
39 Jesus ordered, "Take the stone away." Martha said to him, "Lord, by now he will smell, for this is the fourth day."
40 Jesus replied, "Have I not told you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?"
41 So they removed the stone. Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, "Father, I thank you for you have heard me.
42 I knew that you hear me always; but my prayer was for the sake of these people, that they may believe that you sent me."
43 When Jesus had said this, he cried out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"
44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips and his face wrapped in a cloth. So Jesus said to them, "Untie him and let him go."
45 Many of the Jews who had come with Mary believed in Jesus when they saw what he did;
46 but some went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the Sanhedrin Council. They said, "What are we to do? For this man keeps on giving miraculous signs.
48 If we let him go on like this, all the people will believe in him and, as a result of this, the Romans will come and sweep away our Holy Place and our nation."
49 Then one of them, Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year, spoke up, "You know nothing at all nor do you see clearly what you need.
50 It is better to have one man die for the people than to let the whole nation be destroyed."
51 In saying this Caiaphas did not speak for himself, but being High Priest that year, he foretold as a prophet that Jesus would die for the nation,
52 and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the scattered children of God.
53 So, from that day on, they were determined to kill him.
54 Because of this, Jesus no longer moved about freely among the Jews. He withdrew instead to the country near the wilderness and stayed with his disciples in a town called Ephraim.
55 The Passover of the Jews was at hand and people from everywhere were coming to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
56 They looked for Jesus and as they stood in the Temple, they talked with one another, "What do you think? Will he come to the festival?"
57 Meanwhile the chief priests and the elders had given orders that anyone who knew where he was should let them know so that they could arrest him.
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Chapter 11 of the Gospel of John narrates the resurrection of Lazarus by Jesus. It is a chapter that brings many reflections on life, death and faith. We selected five verses that deal with these themes:
And Jesus said to him, "I am the resurrection and life. He who believes in me, even if he dies, will live." (John 11:25) In this verse, Jesus affirms his divinity and brings a message of hope and eternal life to those who believe in Him.
"Martha said unto him, I know he will be resurrected in the resurrection on the last day. Jesus said unto him, I am the resurrection and life; whoever believes in me, even if he is dead, will live." (John 11:24-25) Here, Martha expresses her belief in the future resurrection, but Jesus reveals to him that He is the resurrection itself and life, and that eternal life begins now for those who believe in Him.
"Jesus said, Take the stone. He said Martha, sister of the deceased, Lord, she already smells bad, because she is four days. Jesus said unto him, He won't tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?" (John 11:39-40) In this verse, Jesus asks them to remove the stone from the tomb, although the body is decaying, and asks Martha to believe in His Word and see the glory of God.
"Jesus cried. The Jews then said, see how he loved Him." (John 11:35-36) This verse shows the humanity of Jesus, who shakes himself from the pain of his friends for the loss of Lazarus. Her cry also highlights the reality of death and her sadness before her.
"And many of the Jews who had come to Mary and, seeing what Jesus had done, believed in him." (John 11:45) The chapter ends with the result of Lazarus's resurrection, which leads many to believe in Jesus. This verse shows how resurrection is a powerful sign of the divinity of Jesus and the truth of His message.
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