1 Estava enfermo Lázaro, de Betânia, da aldeia de Maria e de sua irmã Marta. 2 Esta Maria, cujo irmão Lázaro estava enfermo, era a mesma que ungiu com bálsamo o Senhor e lhe enxugou os pés com os seus cabelos. 3 Mandaram, pois, as irmãs de Lázaro dizer a Jesus: Senhor, está enfermo aquele a quem amas. 4 Ao receber a notícia, disse Jesus: Esta enfermidade não é para morte, e sim para a glória de Deus, a fim de que o Filho de Deus seja por ela glorificado. 5 Ora, amava Jesus a Marta, e a sua irmã, e a Lázaro. 6 Quando, pois, soube que Lázaro estava doente, ainda se demorou dois dias no lugar onde estava. 7 Depois, disse aos seus discípulos: Vamos outra vez para a Judeia. 8 Disseram-lhe os discípulos: Mestre, ainda agora os judeus procuravam apedrejar-te, e voltas para lá? 9 Respondeu Jesus: Não são doze as horas do dia? Se alguém andar de dia, não tropeça, porque vê a luz deste mundo; 10 mas, se andar de noite, tropeça, porque nele não há luz. 11 Isto dizia e depois lhes acrescentou: Nosso amigo Lázaro adormeceu, mas vou para despertá-lo. 12 Disseram-lhe, pois, os discípulos: Senhor, se dorme, estará salvo. 13 Jesus, porém, falara com respeito à morte de Lázaro; mas eles supunham que tivesse falado do repouso do sono. 14 Então, Jesus lhes disse claramente: Lázaro morreu; 15 e por vossa causa me alegro de que lá não estivesse, para que possais crer; mas vamos ter com ele. 16 Então, Tomé, chamado Dídimo, disse aos condiscípulos: Vamos também nós para morrermos com ele.

17 Chegando Jesus, encontrou Lázaro já sepultado, havia quatro dias. 18 Ora, Betânia estava cerca de quinze estádios perto de Jerusalém. 19 Muitos dentre os judeus tinham vindo ter com Marta e Maria, para as consolar a respeito de seu irmão. 20 Marta, quando soube que vinha Jesus, saiu ao seu encontro; Maria, porém, ficou sentada em casa. 21 Disse, pois, Marta a Jesus: Senhor, se estiveras aqui, não teria morrido meu irmão. 22 Mas também sei que, mesmo agora, tudo quanto pedires a Deus, Deus to concederá. 23 Declarou-lhe Jesus: Teu irmão há de ressurgir. 24 Eu sei, replicou Marta, que ele há de ressurgir na ressurreição, no último dia. 25 Disse-lhe Jesus: Eu sou a ressurreição e a vida. Quem crê em mim, ainda que morra, viverá; 26 e todo o que vive e crê em mim não morrerá, eternamente. Crês isto? 27 Sim, Senhor, respondeu ela, eu tenho crido que tu és o Cristo, o Filho de Deus que devia vir ao mundo.

28 Tendo dito isto, retirou-se e chamou Maria, sua irmã, e lhe disse em particular: O Mestre chegou e te chama. 29 Ela, ouvindo isto, levantou-se depressa e foi ter com ele, 30 pois Jesus ainda não tinha entrado na aldeia, mas permanecia onde Marta se avistara com ele. 31 Os judeus que estavam com Maria em casa e a consolavam, vendo-a levantar-se depressa e sair, seguiram-na, supondo que ela ia ao túmulo para chorar. 32 Quando Maria chegou ao lugar onde estava Jesus, ao vê-lo, lançou-se-lhe aos pés, dizendo: Senhor, se estiveras aqui, meu irmão não teria morrido. 33 Jesus, vendo-a chorar, e bem assim os judeus que a acompanhavam, agitou-se no espírito e comoveu-se. 34 E perguntou: Onde o sepultastes? Eles lhe responderam: Senhor, vem e vê! 35 Jesus chorou. 36 Então, disseram os judeus: Vede quanto o amava. 37 Mas alguns objetaram: Não podia ele, que abriu os olhos ao cego, fazer que este não morresse? 38 Jesus, agitando-se novamente em si mesmo, encaminhou-se para o túmulo; era este uma gruta a cuja entrada tinham posto uma pedra. 39 Então, ordenou Jesus: Tirai a pedra. Disse-lhe Marta, irmã do morto: Senhor, já cheira mal, porque já é de quatro dias. 40 Respondeu-lhe Jesus: Não te disse eu que, se creres, verás a glória de Deus? 41 Tiraram, então, a pedra. E Jesus, levantando os olhos para o céu, disse: Pai, graças te dou porque me ouviste. 42 Aliás, eu sabia que sempre me ouves, mas assim falei por causa da multidão presente, para que creiam que tu me enviaste. 43 E, tendo dito isto, clamou em alta voz: Lázaro, vem para fora! 44 Saiu aquele que estivera morto, tendo os pés e as mãos ligados com ataduras e o rosto envolto num lenço. Então, lhes ordenou Jesus: Desatai-o e deixai-o ir.

45 Muitos, pois, dentre os judeus que tinham vindo visitar Maria, vendo o que fizera Jesus, creram nele. 46 Outros, porém, foram ter com os fariseus e lhes contaram dos feitos que Jesus realizara.

47 Então, os principais sacerdotes e os fariseus convocaram o Sinédrio; e disseram: Que estamos fazendo, uma vez que este homem opera muitos sinais? 48 Se o deixarmos assim, todos crerão nele; depois, virão os romanos e tomarão não só o nosso lugar, mas a própria nação. 49 Caifás, porém, um dentre eles, sumo sacerdote naquele ano, advertiu-os, dizendo: Vós nada sabeis, 50 nem considerais que vos convém que morra um só homem pelo povo e que não venha a perecer toda a nação. 51 Ora, ele não disse isto de si mesmo; mas, sendo sumo sacerdote naquele ano, profetizou que Jesus estava para morrer pela nação 52 e não somente pela nação, mas também para reunir em um só corpo os filhos de Deus, que andam dispersos. 53 Desde aquele dia, resolveram matá-lo. 54 De sorte que Jesus já não andava publicamente entre os judeus, mas retirou-se para uma região vizinha ao deserto, para uma cidade chamada Efraim; e ali permaneceu com os discípulos.

55 Estava próxima a Páscoa dos judeus; e muitos daquela região subiram para Jerusalém antes da Páscoa, para se purificarem. 56 Lá, procuravam Jesus e, estando eles no templo, diziam uns aos outros: Que vos parece? Não virá ele à festa? 57 Ora, os principais sacerdotes e os fariseus tinham dado ordem para, se alguém soubesse onde ele estava, denunciá-lo, a fim de o prenderem.

1 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.2 Mary was the woman who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair. Her brother Lazarus was the one who was ill.3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, saying, "Lord, the one whom you love is ill."4 But when Jesus heard it, he said,"This illness is not meant to end in death. It is for God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.6 Yet, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed where he was for two days.7 After this he said to the disciples,"Let's go back to Judea."8 The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you to death, and you are going back there again?"9 Jesus replied,"There are twelve hours in the day, aren't there? If anyone walks during the day he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.10 But if anyone walks at night he stumbles, because the light is not in him."11 These were the things he said. Then after this he told them,"Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am leaving to wake him up."12 So the disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well."13 Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was speaking about resting or sleeping.14 Then Jesus told them plainly,"Lazarus has died.15 For your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let's go to him."16 Then Thomas, who was called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let's go, too, so that we may die with him!"17 When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away,19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother.20 As soon as Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home.21 Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.22 But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give it to you."23 Jesus told her,"Your brother will rise again."24 Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day."25 Jesus said to her,"I am the resurrection and the life.The person who believes in me, even though he dies, will live.26 Indeed, everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe that?"27 She said to him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who was to come into the world."28 When she had said this, she went away and called her sister Mary and told her privately, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you!"29 As soon as Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.30 Now Jesus had not yet arrived at the village but was still at the place where Martha had met him.31 When the Jews who had been with her, consoling her in the house, saw Mary get up quickly and go out, they followed her, thinking that she had gone to the tomb to cry there.32 As soon as Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet and said to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."33 When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, he was greatly troubled in spirit and deeply moved.34 He said,"Where have you put him?"They said to him, "Lord, come and see."35 Jesus burst into tears.36 So the Jews said, "See how much he loved him!"37 But some of them said, "Surely the one who opened the eyes of the blind man could have kept this man from dying, couldn't he?"38 Groaning deeply again, Jesus came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.39 Jesus said,"Remove the stone."Martha, the dead man's sister, told him, "Lord, there must be a stench by now, because he's been dead for four days."40 Jesus said to her,"I told you that if you believed you would see God's glory, didn't I?"41 So they removed the stone.Then Jesus looked upward and said,"Father, I thank you for hearing me.42 I know that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me."43 After saying this, he shouted with a loud voice,"Lazarus, come out!"44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet tied with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a handkerchief. Jesus told them,"Untie him, and let him go."45 Many of the Jews who had come with Mary and had observed what Jesus did believed in him.46 Some of them, however, went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.47 So the high priests and the Pharisees assembled the Council and said, "What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs.48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our temple and our nation."49 But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, told them, "You don't know anything!50 You don't realize that it is better for you to have one man die for the people than to have the whole nation destroyed."51 Now he did not say this on his own initiative. As high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,52 and not only for the nation, but that he would also gather into one the children of God who were scattered abroad.53 So from that day on they resolved to put him to death.54 As a result, Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews. Instead, he went from there to a town called Ephraim in the region near the wilderness. There he remained with his disciples.55 Now the Jewish Passover was approaching, and before the Passover many people from the countryside went up to Jerusalem to purify themselves.56 They kept looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, "What do you think? Surely he won't come to the festival, will he?"57 Now the high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that whoever knew where he was should tell them so that they could arrest him.