Berean Study Bible

New American Standard Bible 1995

1At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

1Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

2(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)

2It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

3So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”

3So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick."

4When 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.”

4But when Jesus heard this, He said, "This sickness is not to end in death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it."

5Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

5Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

6So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,

6So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was.

7and then He said to the disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”

7Then after this He said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again."

8“Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”

8The disciples said to Him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone You, and are You going there again?"

9Jesus 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.

9Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

10But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”

10"But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."

11After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”

11This He said, and after that He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep."

12His disciples replied, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better.”

12The disciples then said to Him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."

13They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus.

13Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of literal sleep.

14So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,

14So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead,

15and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”

15and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let us go to him."

16Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”

16Therefore Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, so that we may die with Him."

17When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.

17So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.

18Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away,

18Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off;

19and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.

19and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

20So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him; but Mary stayed at home.

20Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but Mary stayed at the house.

21Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.

21Martha then said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.

22But even now I know that God will give You whatever You ask of Him.”

22"Even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You."

23“Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her.

23Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."

24Martha replied, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”

24Martha said to Him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day."

25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.

25Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies,

26And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”

26and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?"

27“Yes, Lord,” she answered, “I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”

27She said to Him, "Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God, even He who comes into the world."

28After 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.”

28When she had said this, she went away and called Mary her sister, saying secretly, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you."

29And when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him.

29And when she heard it, she got up quickly and was coming to Him.

30Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.

30Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha met Him.

31When 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.

31Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and consoling her, when they saw that Mary got up quickly and went out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.

32When 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.”

32Therefore, when Mary came where Jesus was, she saw Him, and fell at His feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died."

33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

33When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled,

34“Where have you put him?” He asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they answered.

34and said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to Him, "Lord, come and see."

35Jesus wept.

35Jesus wept.

36Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”

36So the Jews were saying, "See how He loved him!"

37But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”

37But some of them said, "Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have kept this man also from dying?"

38Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.

38So Jesus, again being deeply moved within, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.

39“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.”

39Jesus said, "Remove the stone." Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to Him, "Lord, by this time there will be a stench, for he has been dead four days."

40Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”

40Jesus said to her, "Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?"

41So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

41So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes, and said, "Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

42I 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.”

42"I knew that You always hear Me; but because of the people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that You sent Me."

43After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

43When He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth."

44The 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.

44The man who had died came forth, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."

45Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.

45Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what He had done, believed in Him.

46But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

46But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.

47Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.

47Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council, and were saying, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many signs.

48If 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.”

48"If we let Him go on like this, all men will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."

49But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!

49But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all,

50You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”

50nor do you take into account that it is expedient for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish."

51Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,

51Now he did not say this on his own initiative, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,

52and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.

52and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

53So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.

53So from that day on they planned together to kill Him.

54As 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.

54Therefore Jesus no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.

55Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.

55Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the Passover to purify themselves.

56They 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?”

56So they were seeking for Jesus, and were saying to one another as they stood in the temple, "What do you think; that He will not come to the feast at all?"

57But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.

57Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he was to report it, so that they might seize Him.

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