John 11:1–17

The Death of Lazarus

¹¹Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.^{* 2}Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill.^{* 3}So the sisters sent a message to Jesus,^v “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” ⁴But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This illness does not lead to death; rather, it is for God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”^{* 5}Accordingly, though Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, ⁶after having heard that Lazarus^w was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.

⁷Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”^{* 8}The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and are you going there again?”^{* 9}Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Those who walk during the day do not stumble because they see the light of this world. ¹⁰But those who walk at night stumble because the light is not in them.” ¹¹After saying this, he told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to awaken him.” ¹²The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will be all right.”^{x 13}Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was referring merely to sleep. ¹⁴Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. ¹⁵For your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” ¹⁶Thomas, who was called the Twin,^y said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”

Jesus the Resurrection and the Life

¹⁷When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus^z had already been in the tomb four days.