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John 11 : 35 - 57
Chapter 11
35 | Jesus wept. |
36 | Then the Jews said, "See how He loved him!" |
37 | And some of them said, "Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?" |
38 | Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. |
39 | Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, "Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days." |
40 | Jesus said to her, "Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?" |
41 | Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, "Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. |
42 | And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me." |
43 | Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth!" |
44 | And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Loose him, and let him go." |
45 | Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him. |
46 | But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them the things Jesus did. |
47 | Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, "What shall we do? For this Man works many signs. |
48 | If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation." |
49 | And one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all, |
50 | nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish." |
51 | Now this he did not say on his own authority; but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, |
52 | and not for that nation only, but also that He would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad. |
53 | Then, from that day on, they plotted to put Him to death. |
54 | Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there remained with His disciples. |
55 | And the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves. |
56 | Then they sought Jesus, and spoke among themselves as they stood in the temple, "What do you think--that He will not come to the feast?" |
57 | Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it, that they might seize Him. |