1 Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill; he was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 (The Mary whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who put perfumed oil on the Lord and made his feet dry with her hair.)
3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill.
4 When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it.
5 Now Jesus had love in his heart for Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 So when the news came to him that Lazarus was ill, he did not go from the place where he was for two days.
7 Then after that time he said to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
8 The disciples said to him, Master, the Jews were attempting only the other day to have you stoned, and are you going back there again?
9 Then Jesus said in answer, Are there not twelve hours in the day? A man may go about in the day without falling, because he sees the light of this world.
10 But if a man goes about in the night, he may have a fall because the light is not in him.
11 These things said he: and after that he said to them, Lazarus our friend is at rest; but I go so that I may make him come out of his sleep.
12 Then his disciples said to him, Lord, if he is resting he will get well.
13 Jesus, however, was talking of his death: but they had the idea that he was talking about taking rest in sleep.
14 Then Jesus said to them clearly, Lazarus is dead.
15 And because of you I am glad I was not there, so that you may have faith; but let us go to him.
16 Then Thomas, who was named Didymus, said to the other disciples, Let us go so that we may be with him in death.
17 Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus had been put into the earth four days before.
18 Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about two miles away;
19 And a number of Jews had come to Martha and Mary to give them comfort about their brother.
20 When Martha had the news that Jesus was on the way, she went out to him, but Mary did not go from the house.
21 Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.
22 But I am certain that, even now, whatever request you make to God, God will give it to you.
23 Jesus said to her, Your brother will come to life again.
24 Martha said to him, I am certain that he will come to life again when all come back from the dead at the last day.
25 Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;
26 And no one who is living and has faith in me will ever see death. Is this your faith?
27 She said to him, Yes, Lord: my faith is that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.
28 And having said this, she went away and said secretly to her sister Mary, The Master is here and has sent for you.
29 And Mary, hearing this, got up quickly and went to him.
30 Now Jesus had not at this time come into the town, but was still in the place where Martha had seen him.
31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, went after her in the belief that she was going to the place of the dead and would be weeping there.
32 When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she went down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.
33 And when Jesus saw her weeping, and saw the Jews weeping who came with her, his spirit was moved and he was troubled,
34 And said, Where have you put him? They said, Come and see, Lord.
35 And Jesus himself was weeping.
36 So the Jews said, See how dear he was to him!
37 But some of them said, This man, who made open the eyes of the blind man, was he not able to keep his friend from death?
38 So Jesus, deeply troubled in heart, came to the place of the dead. It was a hole in the rock, and a stone was over the opening.
39 Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said, Lord, by this time the body will be smelling, for he has been dead four days.
40 Jesus said to her, Did I not say to you that if you had faith you would see the glory of God?
41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus, looking up to heaven, said, Father, I give praise to you for hearing me.
42 I was certain that your ears are at all times open to me, but I said it because of these who are here, so that they may see that you sent me.
43 Then he said in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out!
44 And he who was dead came out, with linen bands folded tightly about his hands and feet, and a cloth about his face. Jesus said to them, Make him free and let him go.
45 Then a number of the Jews who had come to Mary and had seen the things which Jesus did had belief in him.
46 But some of them went to the Pharisees with the news of what Jesus had done.
47 Then the high priests and the Pharisees had a meeting and said, What are we doing? This man is doing a number of signs.
48 If we let him go on in this way, everybody will have belief in him and the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation.
49 But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, You have no knowledge of anything;
50 You do not see that it is in your interest for one man to be put to death for the people, so that all the nation may not come to destruction.
51 He did not say this of himself, but being the high priest that year he said, as a prophet, that Jesus would be put to death for the nation;
52 And not for that nation only, but for the purpose of uniting in one body the children of God all over the world.
53 And from that day they took thought together how to put him to death.
54 So Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near to the waste land, to a town named Ephraim, where he was for some time with the disciples.
55 Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and numbers of people went up from the country to Jerusalem to make themselves clean before the Passover.
56 They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another while they were in the Temple, What is your opinion? Will he not come to the feast?
57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone had knowledge where he was, he was to give them word, so that they might take him.
1 Og det var en syk mann, Lasarus fra Betania, den by som Maria og hennes søster Marta bodde i.
2 Det var Maria som salvet Herren med salve og tørket hans føtter med sitt hår; det var hennes bror Lasarus som var syk.
3 Søstrene sendte da bud til ham og lot si: Herre! se, han som du elsker, er syk.
4 Da Jesus hørte det, sa han: Denne sykdom er ikke til døden, men til Guds ære, forat Guds Sønn skal bli æret ved den.
5 Men Jesus elsket Marta og hennes søster og Lasarus.
6 Da han nu hørte at han var syk, blev han ennu to dager på det sted hvor han var;
7 da først sa han til disiplene: La oss dra til Judea igjen!
8 Disiplene sa til ham: Rabbi! nu nettop søkte jødene å stene dig, og du går atter dit?
9 Jesus svarte: Er det ikke tolv timer i en dag? Den som vandrer om dagen, støter sig ikke, fordi han ser denne verdens lys;
10 men den som vandrer om natten, han støter sig, fordi lyset ikke er i ham.
11 Dette talte han; og derefter sier han til dem: Lasarus, vår venn, er sovnet inn; men jeg går for å vekke ham.
12 Disiplene sa da til ham: Herre! er han sovnet inn, da blir han frisk igjen.
13 Jesus hadde talt om hans død; men de tenkte at han talte om almindelig søvn.
14 Da sa Jesus rent ut til dem: Lasarus er død,
15 og for eders skyld er jeg glad over at jeg ikke var der, forat I skal tro; men la oss gå til ham!
16 Tomas, det er tvilling, sa da til sine meddisipler: La oss gå med, forat vi kan dø sammen med ham!
17 Da nu Jesus kom, fant han at han allerede hadde ligget fire dager i graven.
18 Men Betania lå nær ved Jerusalem, omkring femten stadier derfra,
19 og mange av jødene var kommet til Marta og Maria for å trøste dem i sorgen over deres bror.
20 Da nu Marta fikk høre at Jesus kom, gikk hun ham i møte; men Maria satt hjemme i huset.
21 Marta sa da til Jesus: Herre! hadde du vært her, da var min bror ikke død;
22 men også nu vet jeg at alt det du beder Gud om, vil Gud gi dig.
23 Jesus sier til henne: Din bror skal opstå.
24 Marta sier til ham: Jeg vet at han skal opstå i opstandelsen på den ytterste dag.
25 Jesus sa til henne: Jeg er opstandelsen og livet; den som tror på mig, om han enn dør, skal han dog leve,
26 og hver den som lever og tror på mig, skal aldri i evighet dø. Tror du dette?
27 Hun sier til ham: Ja, Herre! jeg tror at du er Messias, Guds Sønn, han som skal komme til verden.
28 Og da hun hadde sagt dette, gikk hun bort og kalte i stillhet på sin søster Maria og sa: Mesteren er her og kaller på dig.
29 Da hun hørte det, stod hun hastig op og gikk til ham;
30 men Jesus var ennu ikke kommet inn i byen, han var på det sted hvor Marta hadde møtt ham.
31 Da nu de jøder som var hos henne i huset og trøstet henne, så at Maria stod hastig op og gikk ut, fulgte de med henne; de tenkte at hun gikk bort til graven for å gråte der.
32 Da nu Maria kom dit hvor Jesus var, og så ham, falt hun ned for hans føtter og sa til ham: Herre! hadde du vært her, da var min bror ikke død.
33 Da nu Jesus så henne gråte, og så de jøder gråte som var kommet med henne, blev han oprørt i sin ånd og rystet og sa:
34 Hvor har I lagt ham? De sa til ham: Herre, kom og se!
35 Jesus gråt.
36 Jødene sa da: Se hvor han elsket ham!
37 Men nogen av dem sa: kunde ikke han som har åpnet den blindes øine, også ha gjort at denne ikke var død?
38 Jesus blev da atter oprørt i sin sjel, og kom til graven; det var en hule, og det lå en sten over den.
39 Jesus sier: Ta stenen bort! Marta, den dødes søster, sier til ham: Herre! han stinker allerede, for han har ligget fire dager.
40 Jesus sier til henne: Sa jeg dig ikke at dersom du tror, skal du se Guds herlighet?
41 De tok da stenen bort. Men Jesus løftet sine øine mot himmelen og sa: Fader! jeg takker dig fordi du har hørt mig.
42 Jeg visste jo at du alltid hører mig, men for folkets skyld som står omkring, sa jeg det, forat de skal tro at du har utsendt mig.
43 Og da han hadde sagt dette, ropte han med høi røst: Lasarus, kom ut!
44 Da kom den døde ut, bundet med liksvøp på føtter og hender, og om hans ansikt var bundet en svededuk. Jesus sier til dem: Løs ham og la ham gå!
45 Mange av jødene, som var kommet til Maria og hadde sett det han gjorde, trodde da på ham;
46 men nogen av dem gikk avsted til fariseerne og sa dem hvad Jesus hadde gjort.
47 Yppersteprestene og fariseerne kalte da rådet sammen til møte og sa: Hvad skal vi gjøre? for dette menneske gjør mange tegn.
48 Lar vi ham holde ved således, da vil alle tro på ham, og romerne vil komme og ta både vårt sted og vårt folk.
49 Men en av dem, Kaifas, som var yppersteprest det år, sa til dem:
50 I forstår ingenting, heller ikke tenker I på at det er til gagn for eder at ett menneske dør for folket og ikke hele folket går til grunne.
51 Dette sa han ikke av sig selv, men da han var yppersteprest det år, spådde han at Jesus skulde dø for folket,
52 og ikke for folket alene, men for også å samle til ett de Guds barn som er spredt omkring.
53 Fra den dag av la de råd op om å slå ham ihjel.
54 Jesus gikk derfor ikke lenger åpenlyst omkring blandt jødene, men drog derfra til landet nær ved ørkenen, til en by som heter Efraim, og han blev der med sine disipler.
55 Men jødenes påske var nær, og mange drog før påsken fra landet op til Jerusalem for å rense sig.
56 De lette da efter Jesus, og talte sig imellem mens de stod i templet: Hvad tror I? kommer han slett ikke til høitiden?
57 Men yppersteprestene og fariseerne hadde påbudt at om nogen fikk vite hvor han var, skulde han melde det, så de kunde gripe ham.