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 Havia um homem chamado Lázaro. Ele era de Betânia, do povoado de Maria e de sua irmã Marta. E aconteceu que Lázaro ficou doente.

2 Maria, sua irmã, era a mesma que derramara perfume sobre o Senhor e lhe enxugara os pés com os cabelos.

3 Então as irmãs de Lázaro mandaram dizer a Jesus: "Senhor, aquele a quem amas está doente".

4 Ao ouvir isso, Jesus disse: "Essa doença não acabará em morte; é para a glória de Deus, para que o Filho de Deus seja glorificado por meio dela".

5 Jesus amava Marta, a irmã dela e Lázaro.

6 No entanto, quando ouviu falar que Lázaro estava doente, ficou mais dois dias onde estava.

7 Depois disse aos seus discípulos: "Vamos voltar para a Judéia".

8 Estes disseram: "Mestre, há pouco os judeus tentaram apedrejar-te e assim mesmo vais voltar para lá? "

9 Jesus respondeu: "O dia não tem doze horas? Quem anda de dia não tropeça, pois vê a luz deste mundo.

10 Quando anda de noite, tropeça, pois nele não há luz".

11 Depois de dizer isso, prosseguiu dizendo-lhes: "Nosso amigo Lázaro adormeceu, mas vou até lá para acordá-lo".

12 Seus discípulos responderam: "Senhor, se ele dorme, vai melhorar".

13 Jesus tinha falado de sua morte, mas os seus discípulos pensaram que ele estava falando simplesmente do sono.

14 Então lhes disse claramente: "Lázaro morreu,

15 e para o bem de vocês estou contente por não ter estado lá, para que vocês creiam. Mas, vamos até ele".

16 Então Tomé, chamado Dídimo, disse aos outros discípulos: "Vamos também para morrermos com ele".

17 Ao chegar, Jesus verificou que Lázaro já estava no sepulcro havia quatro dias.

18 Betânia distava cerca de três quilômetros de Jerusalém,

19 e muitos judeus tinham ido visitar Marta e Maria para confortá-las pela perda do irmão.

20 Quando Marta ouviu que Jesus estava chegando, foi encontrá-lo, mas Maria ficou em casa.

21 Disse Marta a Jesus: "Senhor, se estivesses aqui meu irmão não teria morrido.

22 Mas sei que, mesmo agora, Deus te dará tudo o que pedires".

23 Disse-lhe Jesus: "O seu irmão vai ressuscitar".

24 Marta respondeu: "Eu sei que ele vai ressuscitar na ressurreição, no último dia".

25 Disse-lhe Jesus: "Eu sou a ressurreição e a vida. Aquele que crê em mim, ainda que morra, viverá;

26 e quem vive e crê em mim, não morrerá eternamente. Você crê nisso? "

27 Ela lhe respondeu: "Sim, Senhor, eu tenho crido que tu és o Cristo, o Filho de Deus que devia vir ao mundo".

28 E depois de dizer isso, foi para casa e, chamando à parte Maria, disse-lhe: "O Mestre está aqui e está chamando você".

29 Ao ouvir isso, Maria levantou-se depressa e foi ao encontro dele.

30 Jesus ainda não tinha entrado no povoado, mas estava no lugar onde Marta o encontrara.

31 Quando notaram que ela se levantou depressa e saiu, os judeus, que a estavam confortando em casa, seguiram-na, supondo que ela ia ao sepulcro, para ali chorar.

32 Chegando ao lugar onde Jesus estava e vendo-o, Maria prostrou-se aos seus pés e disse: "Senhor, se estivesses aqui meu irmão não teria morrido".

33 Ao ver chorando Maria e os judeus que a acompanhavam, Jesus agitou-se no espírito e perturbou-se.

34 "Onde o colocaram? ", perguntou ele. "Vem e vê, Senhor", responderam eles.

35 Jesus chorou.

36 Então os judeus disseram: "Vejam como ele o amava! "

37 Mas alguns deles disseram: "Ele, que abriu os olhos do cego, não poderia ter impedido que este homem morresse? "

38 Jesus, outra vez profundamente comovido, foi até o sepulcro. Era uma gruta com uma pedra colocada à entrada.

39 "Tirem a pedra", disse ele. Disse Marta, irmã do morto: "Senhor, ele já cheira mal, pois já faz quatro dias".

40 Disse-lhe Jesus: "Não lhe falei que, se você cresse, veria a glória de Deus? "

41 Então tiraram a pedra. Jesus olhou para cima e disse: "Pai, eu te agradeço porque me ouviste.

42 Eu sabia que sempre me ouves, mas disse isso por causa do povo que está aqui, para que creia que tu me enviaste".

43 Depois de dizer isso, Jesus bradou em alta voz: "Lázaro, venha para fora! "

44 O morto saiu, com as mãos e os pés envolvidos em faixas de linho, e o rosto envolto num pano. Disse-lhes Jesus: "Tirem as faixas dele e deixem-no ir".

45 Muitos dos judeus que tinham vindo visitar Maria, vendo o que Jesus fizera, creram nele.

46 Mas alguns deles foram contar aos fariseus o que Jesus tinha feito.

47 Então os chefes dos sacerdotes e os fariseus convocaram uma reunião do Sinédrio. "O que estamos fazendo? ", perguntaram eles. "Aí está esse homem realizando muitos sinais miraculosos.

48 Se o deixarmos, todos crerão nele, e então os romanos virão e tirarão tanto o nosso lugar como a nossa nação".

49 Então um deles, chamado Caifás, que naquele ano era o sumo sacerdote, tomou a palavra e disse: "Nada sabeis!

50 Não percebeis que vos é melhor que morra um homem pelo povo, e que não pereça toda a nação".

51 Ele não disse isso de si mesmo, mas, sendo o sumo sacerdote naquele ano, profetizou que Jesus morreria pela nação judaica,

52 e não somente por aquela nação, mas também pelos filhos de Deus que estão espalhados, para reuni-los num povo.

53 E daquele dia em diante, resolveram tirar-lhe a vida.

54 Por essa razão, Jesus não andava mais publicamente entre os judeus. Ao invés disso, retirou-se para uma região próxima do deserto, para um povoado chamado Efraim, onde ficou com os seus discípulos.

55 Ao se aproximar a Páscoa judaica, muitos foram daquela região para Jerusalém a fim de participarem das purificações cerimoniais antes da Páscoa.

56 Continuavam procurando Jesus e, no templo, perguntavam uns aos outros: "O que vocês acham? Será que ele virá à festa? "

57 Mas os chefes dos sacerdotes e os fariseus tinham ordenado que, se alguém soubesse onde Jesus estava, o denunciasse, para que o pudessem prender.