“Lazarus Is Dead” — Part One

The Death of Lazarus

¹Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of lMary and her sister Martha. ²mIt 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, nhe whom you love is ill.” ⁴But when Jesus heard it he said, o“This illness does not lead to death. It is for pthe glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

⁵Now qJesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. ⁶So, when he heard that Lazarus1 was ill, rhe stayed two days longer in the place where he was. ⁷Then after this he said to the disciples, s“Let us go to Judea again.” ⁸The disciples said to him, t“Rabbi, uthe Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?” ⁹Jesus answered, v“Are there not twelve hours in the day? wIf anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. ¹⁰But xif anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not xin him.” ¹¹After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus yhas 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.” ¹⁶zSo Thomas, called the Twin,2 said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, athat we may die with him.”