Thematic Bible




John 11:1 (show verse)

Now one Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha, was sick.

John 11:2 (show verse)

(It was that Mary, who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick) Therefore his sisters sent to him,

John 11:3 (show verse)

saying, Lord, behold he whom thou lovest is sick.

John 11:4 (show verse)

Jesus hearing it, said, This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby.

John 11:5 (show verse)

Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. So after he had heard that he was sick,

John 11:6 (show verse)

he abode still two days in the place where he was.

John 11:7 (show verse)

Then after this he saith to his disciples, Let us go into Judea again.

John 11:8 (show verse)

The disciples say to him, Master, the Jews but now sought to stone thee, and goest thou thither again?

John 11:9 (show verse)

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

John 11:10 (show verse)

But if any man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.

John 11:11 (show verse)

Thus he spake, and after that he saith to them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go to awake him.

John 11:12 (show verse)

Then the disciples said, Lord, if he sleep, he will recover.

John 11:13 (show verse)

Jesus spake of his death, but they thought he had spoken of the natural rest in sleep.

John 11:14 (show verse)

Then said Jesus to them plainly, Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sake I was not there, that ye may believe:

John 11:15 (show verse)

but let us go to him.

John 11:16 (show verse)

Then said Thomas, called Didymus, to his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.

John 11:17 (show verse)

When Jesus came, he found he had been now four days in the tomb.

John 11:18 (show verse)

(Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.)

John 11:19 (show verse)

And many of the Jews were come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

John 11:20 (show verse)

When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him; but Mary sat in the house.

John 11:21 (show verse)

Then said Martha to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

John 11:22 (show verse)

But I know even now, that whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.

John 11:23 (show verse)

Jesus saith to her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith to him,

John 11:24 (show verse)

I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

John 11:25 (show verse)

Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in me, tho' he die, yet shall he live;

John 11:26 (show verse)

And whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall not die for ever.

John 11:27 (show verse)

Believest thou this? She saith to him, Yea, Lord, I believe thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.

John 11:28 (show verse)

Having said this, she went and privately called Mary her sister, saying, The master is come, and calleth for thee.

John 11:29 (show verse)

As soon as she heard it, she arose quickly and came to him.

John 11:30 (show verse)

Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was at the place where Martha had met him.

John 11:31 (show verse)

The Jews then who were with her in the house and comforted her, seeing Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, She is going to the tomb, to weep there.

John 11:32 (show verse)

When Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

John 11:33 (show verse)

When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned deeply,

John 11:34 (show verse)

and troubled himself, And said, Where have ye laid him?

John 11:35 (show verse)

They say to him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept.

John 11:36 (show verse)

Then said the Jews, Behold, how he loved him! And some of them said,

John 11:37 (show verse)

Could not this person, who opened the eyes of the blind, have even caused that this man should not have died?

John 11:38 (show verse)

Jesus again groaning in himself, cometh to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

John 11:39 (show verse)

Jesus saith, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the deceased, saith to him, Lord, by this time he stinketh; for he hath been buried four days.

John 11:40 (show verse)

Jesus saith to her, Said I not to thee, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

John 11:41 (show verse)

Then they took away the stone from where the dead lay. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said,

John 11:42 (show verse)

Father, I thank thee, that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but I spake this, because of the people who stand by, that they may believe thou hast sent me.

John 11:43 (show verse)

And having spoken thus, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

John 11:44 (show verse)

And he that had been dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapt about with a napkin. Jesus saith to them, Loose him, and let him go.

John 11:45 (show verse)

Many therefore of the Jews who were come to Mary, and had seen the things, which Jesus had done, believed on him.

John 11:46 (show verse)

But some of them went to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.

John 11:47 (show verse)

Then the chief priests and elders assembled a council and said, What do we?

John 11:48 (show verse)

For this man doth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him, and the Romans will come and subvert both our place and nation.

John 11:49 (show verse)

And one of them, Caiaphas, being the high priest that year,

John 11:50 (show verse)

said to them, Ye know nothing, Nor consider, it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

John 11:51 (show verse)

He spake not this of himself, but being high-priest that year, he prophesied, that Jesus should die for the nation:

John 11:52 (show verse)

And not for that nation only, but that he might also gather into one all the children of God that were scattered abroad.

John 11:53 (show verse)

Therefore from that day, they consulted together to put him to death.

John 11:54 (show verse)

Jesus therefore walked no longer openly among the Jews, but went thence into the country, near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.

John 11:55 (show verse)

And the passover of the Jews was nigh; and many went up to Jerusalem, to purify themselves.

John 11:56 (show verse)

Then sought they for Jesus, and said one to another, What think ye?
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John 11:57 (show verse)

That he will not come to the feast? Now both the chief priests and Pharisees had given order, That if any man knew where he was, he should shew it, that they might apprehend him.