The Death and Resurrection of Lazarus

11 Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from ^[a]Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived. ² It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.^{(A) 3} So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, he [our brother and Your friend] whom You love is sick.” ⁴ When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death; but [on the contrary it is] for the glory and honor of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.” ⁵ Now Jesus loved and was concerned about Martha and her sister and Lazarus [and considered them dear friends]. ^6 [b]So [even] when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed in the same place two more days. ⁷ Then He said to His disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.” ⁸ The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi (Teacher), the Jews were only recently going to stone You, and You are [thinking of] going back there again?” ⁹ Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours [of light] in the day? Anyone who walks in the daytime does not stumble, because he sees [by] the light of this world. ¹⁰ But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.” ¹¹ He said this, and after that said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him.” ¹² The disciples answered, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” ¹³ However, Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was referring to natural sleep. ¹⁴ So then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. ¹⁵ And for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” ¹⁶ Then Thomas, who was called Didymus (the twin), said to his fellow disciples, “Let us go too, that we may die with Him.”

¹⁷ So when Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb ^[c]four days. ¹⁸ Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away; ¹⁹ and many of the Jews had come to see Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning [the loss of] their brother. ²⁰ So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet Him, while Mary remained sitting in the house. ²¹ Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. ²² Even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give to You.” ²³ Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise [from the dead].” ²⁴ Martha replied, “I know that he will rise [from the dead] in the resurrection on the last day.” ²⁵ Jesus said to her, “^[d]I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in (adheres to, trusts in, relies on) Me [as Savior] will live even if he dies; ²⁶ and everyone who lives and believes in Me [as Savior] will never die. Do you believe this?” ²⁷ She said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have believed and continue to believe that You are the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), the Son of God, ^[e]He who was [destined and promised] to come into the world [and it is for You that the world has waited].”

²⁸ After she had said this, she left and called her sister Mary, privately whispering [to her], “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.” ²⁹ And when she heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him.