² And ^(A)many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, ^(B)these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting ^[a]contempt.

⁵² Also the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the ^[a]saints who had ^(A)fallen asleep were raised;

¹¹ This He said, and after this He *said to them, “Our ^(A)friend Lazarus ^(B)has fallen asleep; but I am going so that I may awaken him from sleep.” ¹² The disciples then said to Him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will ^[a]come out of it.” ¹³ Now ^(C)Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about ^[b]actual sleep. ¹⁴ So Jesus then said to them plainly, “Lazarus died, ¹⁵ and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let’s go to him.” ^16 (D)Therefore Thomas, who was called ^[c](E)Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s also go, so that we may die with Him!”

¹⁷ So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb ^(F)four days. ¹⁸ Now ^(G)Bethany was near Jerusalem, about ^[d]fifteen stadia away; ¹⁹ and many of ^(H)the Jews had come to ^(I)Martha and Mary, ^(J)to console them about their brother. ²⁰ So then ^(K)Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but ^(L)Mary ^[e]stayed in the house. ²¹ Martha then said to Jesus, “^(M)Lord, ^(N)if You had been here, my brother would not have died. ²² Even now I know that ^(O)whatever You ask of God, God will give You.” ²³ Jesus *said to her, “Your brother will rise from the dead.” ²⁴ Martha *said to Him, “^(P)I know that he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.” ²⁵ Jesus said to her, “^(Q)I am the resurrection and the life; the one who believes in Me will live, even if he dies, ²⁶ and everyone who lives and believes in Me ^(R)will never die. Do you believe this?” ²⁷ She *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have come to believe that You are ^(S)the ^[f]Christ, the Son of God, and ^[g](T)He who comes into the world.”

²⁸ When she had said this, she ^(U)left and called Mary her sister, saying secretly, “^(V)The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” ²⁹ And when she heard this, she *got up quickly and came to Him.

³⁰ Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but ^(W)was still at the place where Martha met Him. ^31 (X)Then the Jews who were with her in the house and were ^(Y)consoling her, when they saw that Mary had gotten up quickly and left, they followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there. ³² So when Mary came to the place where Jesus was, she saw Him and fell at His feet, saying to Him, “^(Z)Lord, ^(AA)if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” ³³ Therefore when Jesus saw her weeping, and ^(AB)the Jews who came with her also weeping, He ^(AC)was deeply moved in spirit and ^[h](AD)was troubled, ³⁴ and He said, “Where have you laid him?” They *said to Him, “Lord, come and see.” ³⁵ Jesus ^(AE)wept. ³⁶ So ^(AF)the Jews were saying, “See how He ^(AG)loved him!” ³⁷ But some of them said, “Could this man, who ^(AH)opened the eyes of the man who was blind, not have also ^[i]kept this man from dying?”

³⁸ So Jesus, again being deeply moved within, *came to the tomb. Now it was a ^(AI)cave, and a stone was lying against it. ³⁹ Jesus *said, “Remove the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, *said to Him, “Lord, by this time ^[j]there will be a stench, for he has been dead ^(AJ)four days.” ⁴⁰ Jesus *said to her, “^(AK)Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” ⁴¹ So they removed the ^(AL)stone. And Jesus ^(AM)raised His eyes, and said, “^(AN)Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. ⁴² But I knew that You always hear Me; nevertheless, ^(AO)because of the ^[k]people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that ^(AP)You sent Me.” ⁴³ And when He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” ⁴⁴ Out came the man who had died, ^(AQ)bound hand and foot with wrappings, and ^(AR)his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus *said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

^45 (AS)Therefore many of the Jews ^(AT)who came to Mary, and ^(AU)saw what He had done, believed in Him. ⁴⁶ But some of them went to the ^(AV)Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.

Conspiracy to Kill Jesus

⁴⁷ Therefore ^(AW)the chief priests and the Pharisees ^(AX)convened a ^(AY)council meeting, and they were saying, “What are we ^[l]doing in regard to the fact that this man is performing many ^[m](AZ)signs? ⁴⁸ If we let Him go on like this, all the people will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take over both our ^[n](BA)place and our nation.” ⁴⁹ But one of them, ^(BB)Caiaphas, ^(BC)who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, ⁵⁰ nor are you taking into account that ^(BD)it is in your best interest that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish instead.” ⁵¹ Now he did not say this ^[o]on his own, but ^(BE)as he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation; ⁵² and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also ^(BF)gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. ⁵³ So from that day on they ^(BG)planned together to kill Him.

⁵⁴ Therefore Jesus ^(BH)no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, into a city called ^(BI)Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.

⁵⁵ Now ^(BJ)the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country prior to the Passover, ^(BK)in order to ^[p]purify themselves. ⁵⁶ So they ^(BL)were looking for Jesus, and saying to one another as they stood in the temple area, “What do you think; that He will not come to the feast at all?” ⁵⁷ Now ^(BM)the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he was to report it, so that they might arrest Him.

³⁶ For ^(A)David, after he had ^[a]served God’s ^(B)purpose in his own generation, ^(C)fell asleep, and was ^[b]buried among his fathers and ^[c]underwent decay;