John 11 - Revised Geneva Translation (RGT)

11 And a certain man was sick - Lazarus of Bethany (the town of Mary and her sister Martha).

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

3 Therefore, the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.”

4 When Jesus heard it, He said, “This sickness does not end in death, but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God might be glorified by it.”

5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

6 And after He had heard that he was sick, He still stayed two days in the same place where He was.

7 Then after that, He said to His disciples, “Let us go into Judea again.”

8 The disciples said to Him, “Master, the Jews sought to stone You recently, and yet You go there again?”

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

10 “But if someone walks in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.”

11 He spoke these things. And afterward, He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus sleeps. But I go to wake him up.”

12 Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps, he shall heal.”

13 However, Jesus spoke of his death. But they thought that He had spoken of the natural sleep.

14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.

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

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

17 Then Jesus came and found that he had already been in the grave four days.

18 (Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away.)

19 And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them for their brother.

20 Then Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him. But Mary still sat in the house.

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

22 “But now, I also know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.”

23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother shall rise again.”

24 “Martha said to Him, “I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection, at the last day.”

25 Jesus said to her, “I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.

26 “And whoever lives, and believes in Me, shall never die. Do you believe this?”

27 She said to Him, “Yes, Lord. I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, the One coming into the world.”

28 And when she had said this, she went her way, and secretly called Mary, her sister, saying, “The Master has come, and calls for you.”

29 And when she heard it, she arose quickly, and came to Him.

30 For Jesus had not yet come into the town but was in the place where Martha met Him.

31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house and comforted her, when they saw Mary (that she rose up hastily and went out) followed her, saying, “She goes to the grave, to weep there.”

32 Then, when Mary had come to where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”

33 Therefore, when Jesus saw her weep (and also the Jews who came with her weep), He groaned in the spirit and was troubled in Himself,

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

35 Jesus wept.

36 Then the Jews said, “Behold, how He loved him.”

37 And some of them said, “Could not He, who opened the eyes of the blind, have also made it so that this man should not have died?”

38 Therefore Jesus groaned in Himself again and came to the grave. And it was a cave. And a stone was laid upon it.

39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, he stinks already. For it has been four days.”

40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”

41 Then they took away the stone where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up His eyes, and said, “Father, I thank You, because You have heard Me.

42 “I know that You always hear Me. But I said it because of the people who stand by, so that they may believe that You have sent Me.”

43 And having spoken these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus! Come forth!”

44 Then, the one who was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with bandages. And his face was bound with a handkerchief. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him! And let him go!”

45 Then many of the Jews who came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed in Him.

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

47 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What shall we do? For this Man does many miracles.

48 “If we let Him alone like this, all will believe in Him. And the Romans will come and take away both our place and the nation.

49 Then one of them, Caiaphas, who was the High Priest that same year, said to them, “You perceive nothing at all.

50 “Nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that one Man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”

51 He spoke this, not of himself, but being High Priest that same year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation;

52 and not only for the nation, but that He would gather together the children of God who were scattered.

53 Then, from that day forth, they plotted to put Him to death.

54 Therefore Jesus walked openly no more among the Jews; but went from there to a country near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and stayed there with His disciples.

55 And the Jews’ Passover was at hand. And many went out of the country before the Passover, up to Jerusalem, to purify themselves.

56 Then they sought for Jesus, and spoke among themselves as they stood in the Temple, “What do you think - that He will not come to the Feast?”

57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment that if anyone knew where He was, he should make it known, so that they might take Him.