1Der var en mand ved navn Lazarus, som boede i landsbyen Betania sammen med sine søstre Maria og Marta. (Det var den Maria, der er kendt for at have hældt kostbar olie ud over Jesu fødder og tørret dem med sit hår). Nu skete der det, at Lazarus blev alvorligt syg.3De to søstre sendte derfor bud til Jesus om, at hans gode ven Lazarus var meget syg.4Da Jesus hørte det, sagde han: „Den sygdom ender ikke med døden, men Gud vil blive æret gennem det, der skal ske, og Guds Søn vil også blive æret derved.”5Jesus holdt meget af Marta, Maria og Lazarus.6Efter at have fået beskeden, blev han endnu to dage dér, hvor han var,7men så sagde han til disciplene: „Kom, lad os gå tilbage til Judæa!”8Disciplene protesterede: „Mester! For kort tid siden forsøgte de jødiske ledere at slå dig ihjel. Vil du nu derhen igen?”9Men Jesus sagde: „Har dagen ikke 12 timer, hvor vi må gøre Guds gerninger? De, der vandrer i lyset, falder ikke, for de ser verdens Lys.*10Men de, der vandrer i mørket, falder, for de har ikke lyset i sig.”11Så tilføjede han: „Vores ven Lazarus sover, men jeg vil gå hen og vække ham op.”12„Hvis han sover, kommer han sig nok,” sagde disciplene.13De troede nemlig, at Jesus havde talt om almindelig søvn, men han havde talt om Lazarus’ død.14Så sagde han rent ud: „Lazarus er død,15og for jeres skyld er jeg glad for, at jeg ikke var der, for hans død vil hjælpe jer til at tro. Men lad os nu komme af sted!”16Thomas, der også blev kaldt „Tvillingen”, sagde til de andre disciple: „Lad os bare gå med Jesus! Så dør vi i det mindste sammen!”17Da Jesus nåede frem til Betania, fik han at vide, at Lazarus var blevet begravet tre dage forinden.18Betania lå knap tre kilometer fra Jerusalem,19og mange venner fra hovedstaden var kommet for at trøste Marta og Maria i sorgen over deres bror.20Da nu Marta hørte, at Jesus var på vej, gik hun ham i møde. Maria derimod blev hjemme.21Da Marta nåede hen til ham, sagde hun: „Herre, hvis du havde været her, så var min bror ikke død.22Men selv nu ved jeg, at hvad du end beder Gud om, det vil han gøre for dig.”23„Din bror skal vende tilbage til livet,” sagde Jesus.24„Jeg ved, at han skal vende tilbage til livet på opstandelsens morgen,” svarede Marta.25Jesus fortsatte: „Jeg er opstandelsen og livet. De, der tror på mig, skal leve, selv om de dør;26og de, der lever i troen på mig, skal aldrig i evighed dø. Tror du på det, Marta?”27„Ja, Herre,” sagde hun, „jeg tror, at du er Messias, Guds Søn, som vi så længe har ventet skulle komme.”28Derefter løb Marta hjem til Maria og hviskede til hende: „Mesteren er kommet, og han vil gerne tale med dig.”29Maria rejste sig med det samme og gik ud for at møde ham.30Jesus var endnu ikke kommet ind i landsbyen, men var stadig på det sted, hvor Marta havde mødt ham.31Da de, der var i huset for at trøste Maria, lagde mærke til, at hun pludselig rejste sig og gik, troede de, hun ville ud til Lazarus’ grav for at græde. Derfor fulgte de efter hende.32Maria kom nu ud til det sted, hvor Jesus var, og hun faldt ned for hans fødder og udbrød: „Herre, hvis du havde været her, var min bror ikke død.”33Da Jesus så hende græde og hørte de andres gråd, blev han heftigt oprørt i sin ånd og spurgte:34„Hvor har I lagt ham?” „Herre, kom og se!” lød svaret.35Jesus brast i gråd.36„Se, hvor meget han holdt af Lazarus,” var der nogle, der sagde.37Men andre sagde: „Når han kunne helbrede en blind, kunne han så ikke også have forhindret denne mands død?”38Da blev Jesus igen oprørt i sit indre, og han gik hen mod gravstedet, som var en klippehule med en stor sten rullet for indgangen.39„Tag stenen bort!” beordrede han. „Herre,” sagde Marta, „det lugter ikke godt, for det er nu den fjerde dag, han ligger der.”40Jesus svarede: „Har jeg ikke sagt til dig, at hvis du tror, vil du få Guds forunderlige magt at se?”41Så fjernede de stenen fra indgangen. Jesus så op mod himlen og sagde: „Jeg takker dig, Far, fordi du har bønhørt mig.42Jeg ved godt, at du altid hører mig, men jeg siger det for de menneskers skyld, der står her omkring mig, for at de kan komme til tro på, at det er dig, som har sendt mig.”43Så råbte han med høj røst: „Lazarus, kom herud!”44Den døde kom ud—med hænder og fødder viklet ind i ligklæder og med et tørklæde om ansigtet. „Hjælp ham af med de ligklæder!” sagde Jesus.
Ypperstepræsterne beslutter at slå Jesus ihjel
45Mange af dem, der var kommet for at trøste Maria og havde set, hvad Jesus gjorde, kom nu til tro på ham.46Men nogle af dem skyndte sig hen til farisæerne for at fortælle, hvad der var sket.47Straks sammenkaldte ypperstepræsterne og farisæerne Det jødiske Råd for at drøfte situationen. „Hvad skal vi gøre?” spurgte de hinanden. „Den mand har udført mange mirakler.48Hvis vi lader ham fortsætte på den måde, ender det med, at hele folket slutter sig til ham, og så kommer de romerske hære og overtager vores land* og udsletter os som folk.”49En af dem, Kajfas, der var ypperstepræst i det år, sagde: „Forstår I ingenting?50Kan I ikke se, at det er bedre for jer, at én mand lader livet for at redde folket, end at en hel nation går til grunde?”51Det sagde Kajfas ikke af sig selv. Men han var jo ypperstepræst det år, og det, han sagde, var faktisk en profeti om, at Jesus skulle dø for hele folket.52Ja, han skulle ikke bare dø for Israels folk, men han skulle samle Guds børn til ét folk, også dem, der bor rundt omkring i andre lande.53Fra den dag begyndte de jødiske ledere at planlægge, hvordan de kunne få Jesus slået ihjel.54Af den grund gik Jesus ikke mere åbenlyst omkring, men holdt sig fra Jerusalem og opholdt sig i udkanten af ørkenen. Da han kom til landsbyen Efraim, blev han dér en tid sammen med sine disciple.55Den jødiske påske var nært forestående, og mange mennesker fra hele landet kom ind til Jerusalem flere dage forinden for at gennemgå renselsesceremonien.56Folk ledte efter Jesus, og når de mødtes på tempelpladsen, spurgte de hinanden: „Mon ikke han kommer til påskehøjtiden?”57Imidlertid havde ypperstepræsterne og farisæerne givet befaling om, at hvis nogen vidste, hvor Jesus var, skulle de øjeblikkelig melde det, så man kunne få ham arresteret.
English Standard Version
The Death of Lazarus
1Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.2It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.3So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.”4But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”5Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.6So, when he heard that Lazarus* 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.”8The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?”9Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.10But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”11After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.”12The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”13Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep.14Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died,15and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”16So Thomas, called the Twin,* said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
I Am the Resurrection and the Life
17Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.18Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles* off,19and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.20So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house.21Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.22But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.”23Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”24Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.* Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,26and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”27She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.”
Jesus Weeps
28When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”29And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him.30Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him.31When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.32Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved* in his spirit and greatly troubled.34And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”35Jesus wept.36So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”37But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying?”
Jesus Raises Lazarus
38Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it.39Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days.”40Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?”41So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me.42I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me.”43When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.”44The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
The Plot to Kill Jesus
45Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him,46but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.47So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.48If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”49But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all.50Nor do you understand that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.”51He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,52and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.53So from that day on they made plans to put him to death.54Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.55Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves.56They were looking for* Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast at all?”57Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should let them know, so that they might arrest him.
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