11John 11

CHAP. XI. / 1 Christ raiseth Lazarus, foure dayes buried 45 Many Iewes beleeue. 47 The high Priests and Pharisees gather a counsel against Christ. 49 Caiaphas prophecieth. 54 Iesus hid himselfe. 55 At

1Now a certaine man was sicke, named Lazarus of Bethanie, the towne of Mary, and her sister Martha.Select John 11:1

2(It was that Mary which anoynted the Lord with oyntment, and wiped his feete with her haire, whose brother Lazarus was sicke.)Select John 11:2

3Therefore his sister sent vnto him, saying, Lord, behold, hee whom thou louest, is sicke.Select John 11:3

4When Iesus heard that, hee said, This sicknesse is not vnto death, but for the glory of God, that the Sonne of God might be glorified thereby.Select John 11:4

5Now Iesus loued Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.Select John 11:5

6When he had heard therefore that he was sicke, he abode two dayes still in the same place where he was.Select John 11:6

7Then after that, saith hee to his disciples, Let vs go into Iudea againe.Select John 11:7

8His disciples say vnto him, Master, the Iewes of late sought to stone thee, and goest thou thither againe?Select John 11:8

9Iesus answered, Are there not twelue houres in the day? If any man walke in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.Select John 11:9

10But if a man walke in the night, hee stumbleth, because there is no light in him.Select John 11:10

11These things said hee, and after that, hee saith vnto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth, but I goe, that I may awake him out of sleepe.Select John 11:11

12Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleepe, he shall doe well.Select John 11:12

13Howbeit Iesus spake of his death: but they thought that hee had spoken of taking of rest in sleepe.Select John 11:13

14Then saide Iesus vnto them plainly, Lazarus is dead:Select John 11:14

15And I am glad for your sakes, that I was not there (to the intent yee may beleeue:) Neuerthelesse, let vs goe vnto him.Select John 11:15

16Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, vnto his fellow disciples, Let vs also goe, that we may die with him.Select John 11:16

17Then when Iesus came, hee found that hee had lien in the graue foure dayes already.Select John 11:17

18(Now Bethanie was nigh vnto Hierusalem, about fifteene furlongs off:)Select John 11:18

19And many of the Iewes came to Martha, and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.Select John 11:19

20Then Martha, as soone as shee heard that Iesus was comming, went and met him: but Mary sate still in the house.Select John 11:20

21Then saide Martha vnto Iesus, Lord, if thou hadst bene here, my brother had not died.Select John 11:21

22But I know, that euen now, whatsoeuer thou wilt aske of God, God will giue it thee.Select John 11:22

23Iesus saith vnto her, Thy brother shall rise againe.Select John 11:23

24Martha sayeth vnto him, I know that he shall rise againe in the resurrection at the last day.Select John 11:24

25Iesus said vnto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: hee that beleeueth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he liue.Select John 11:25

26And whosoeuer liueth, and beleeueth in mee, shall neuer die. Beleeuest thou this?Select John 11:26

27She saith vnto him, Yea Lord, I beleeue that thou art the Christ the Sonne of God, which should come into the world.Select John 11:27

28And when shee had so said, shee went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.Select John 11:28

29Assoone as she heard that, she arose quickely, and came vnto him.Select John 11:29

30Now Iesus was not yet come into the towne, but was in that place where Martha met him.Select John 11:30

31The Iewes then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary that she rose vp hastily, and went out, followed her, saying, Shee goeth vnto the graue, to weepe there.Select John 11:31

32Then when Mary was come where Iesus was, and saw him, shee fell downe at his feete, saying vnto him, Lord, if thou hadst beene here, my brother had not dyed.Select John 11:32

33When Iesus therefore sawe her weeping, and the Iewes also weeping which came with her, hee groned in the Spirit, and was troubled,Select John 11:33

34And said, Where haue ye laid him? They say vnto him, Lord, come, & see.Select John 11:34

35Iesus wept.Select John 11:35

36Then said the Iewes, Behold, how he loued him.Select John 11:36

37And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blinde, haue caused that euen this man should not haue died?Select John 11:37

38Iesus therefore againe groning in himselfe, commeth to the graue. It was a caue, and a stone lay vpon it.Select John 11:38

39Iesus said, Take yee away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, sayth vnto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath beene dead foure dayes.Select John 11:39

40Iesus saith vnto her, Said I not vnto thee, that if thou wouldst beleeue, thou shouldest see the glory of God?Select John 11:40

41Then they tooke away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Iesus lift vp his eyes, and said, Father, I thanke thee, that thou hast heard me.Select John 11:41

42And I knewe that thou hearest me alwayes: but because of the people which stand by, I said it, that they may beleeue that thou hast sent me.Select John 11:42

43And when hee thus had spoken, he cryed with a loude voice, Lazarus, come foorth.Select John 11:43

44And he that was dead, came forth, bound hand & foot with graue-clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Iesus saith vnto them, Loose him, and let him goe.Select John 11:44

45Then many of the Iewes which came to Mary, and had seene the things which Iesus did, beleeued on him.Select John 11:45

46But some of them went their wayes to the Pharises, and tolde them what things Iesus had done.Select John 11:46

47Then gathered þe chiefe Priests and the Pharises a councell, and said, What doe wee? for this man doeth many miracles.Select John 11:47

48If we let him thus alone, all men will beleeue on him, and the Romanes shall come, and take away both our place and nation.Select John 11:48

49And one of them named Caiaphas, being the high Priest that same yeere, said vnto them, Ye know nothing at all,Select John 11:49

50Nor consider that it is expedient for vs, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.Select John 11:50

51And this spake he not of himselfe: but being high Priest that yeere, he prophecied that Iesus should die for that nation:Select John 11:51

52And not for that nation only, but that also hee should gather together in one, the children of God that were scattered abroad.Select John 11:52

53Then from that day foorth, they tooke counsell together for to put him to death.Select John 11:53

54Iesus therefore walked no more openly among the Iewes: but went thence vnto a countrey neere to the wildernesse, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.Select John 11:54

55And the Iewes Passeouer was nigh at hand, and many went out of the countrey vp to Hierusalem before the Passeouer to purifie themselues.Select John 11:55

56Then sought they for Iesus, and spake among themselues, as they stood in the Temple, What thinke ye, that he will not come to the feast?Select John 11:56

57Now both the chiefe Priests and the Pharises had giuen a commandement, that if any man knew where hee were, he should shew it, that they might take him.Select John 11:57