THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN

THE NEW TESTAMENT
TRANSLATED FROM
THE SYRIAC PESHITO VERSION BY JAMES MURDOCK

Chapter 11

(Joh 11:1) And a certain man was sick, Lazarus of the town of Bethany, the brother of Mary and Martha.

(Joh 11:2) It was that Mary who anointed the feet of Jesus with perfume, and wiped [them] with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

(Joh 11:3) And his two sisters sent to Jesus, and said: Our Lord, he whom thou lovest is sick.

(Joh 11:4) And Jesus said: This sickness is not that of death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it.

(Joh 11:5) Now Jesus loved Martha and Mary, and Lazarus.

(Joh 11:6) And when he heard that he was sick, he remained in the place where he was two days.

(Joh 11:7) And afterwards he said to his disciples: Come, let us go again into Judaea.

(Joh 11:8) His disciples say to him: Our Rabbi, the Jews have just sought to stone thee; and goest thou again thither.

(Joh 11:9) Jesus said to them: Are there not twelve hours in the day? And if a man walk in the daytime, he stumbleth not; because he seeth the light of the world.

(Joh 11:10) But if one walk in the night, he stumbleth; because there is no light in him.

(Joh 11:11) These things said Jesus, and afterwards he said to them: Lazarus our friend reposeth. But I go to awake him.

(Joh 11:12) His disciples say to him: Our Lord, if he sleepeth, he is recovering.

(Joh 11:13) But Jesus spoke of his death; and they thought, he spoke of the sleep of repose.

(Joh 11:14) Then Jesus said to them explicitly; Lazarus is dead.

(Joh 11:15) And I rejoice, for your sakes, that I was not there; that ye may believe. But let us go there.

(Joh 11:16) Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow-disciples: Let us also go [and] die with him.

(Joh 11:17) And Jesus came to Bethany, and found that he had been in the grave four days.

(Joh 11:18) Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, distant from it about fifteen furlongs.

(Joh 11:19) And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

(Joh 11:20) And Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went out to meet him; but Mary was sitting in the house.

(Joh 11:21) And Martha said to Jesus: My Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

(Joh 11:22) But even now, I know, that whatever thou wilt ask of God, he will give it thee.

(Joh 11:23) Jesus said to her: Thy brother will rise.

(Joh 11:24) Martha said to him: I know, that he will rise in the consolation, at the last day.

(Joh 11:25) Jesus said to her: I am the consolation, and life. And he that believeth in me, though he should die, will live.

(Joh 11:26) And every one that liveth, and believeth in me, will not die for ever. Believest thou this?

(Joh 11:27) She said to him: Yes, my Lord; I believe, that thou art the Messiah, the Son of God, that cometh into the world.

(Joh 11:28) And when she had thus said, she went and called her sister Mary, secretly, and said to her: Our Rabbi hath come, and calleth for thee.

(Joh 11:29) And Mary, when she heard [it], rose up quickly, and went to meet him.

(Joh 11:30) And Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.

(Joh 11:31) Those Jews also, who were with her in the house and consoled her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed after her; for they supposed, she was going to the grave to weep.

(Joh 11:32) And Mary, when she came where Jesus was and saw him, fell at his feet, and said to him: If thou hadst been here, my Lord, my brother had not died.

(Joh 11:33) And when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he was moved in spirit, and was agitated.

(Joh 11:34) And he said: Where have ye laid him? They say to him: Our Lord, come, and see.

(Joh 11:35) And the tears of Jesus came.

(Joh 11:36) And the Jews said: See, how much he loved him.

(Joh 11:37) And some of them said: Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man, have caused that this also should not have died?

(Joh 11:38) And Jesus, still agitated within, came to the grave. Now the grave was a cave, and a stone was laid upon its entrance.

(Joh 11:39) And Jesus said: Take away this stone. Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him: My Lord, by this time he is putrid; for four days have elapsed.

(Joh 11:40) Jesus said to her: Did I not tell thee, that if thou wouldst believe, thou shouldst see the glory of God?

(Joh 11:41) And they took away the stone. And Jesus raised his eyes on high, and said: Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.

(Joh 11:42) And I know that thou hearest me always; but on account of this multitude that standeth here, I say these things; that they may believe, that thou hast sent me.

(Joh 11:43) And when he had thus spoken, he called with a loud voice: Lazarus, come forth!

(Joh 11:44) And the dead man came forth, with his hands and his feet swathed with bandages, and his face with a napkin. Jesus said to them: Loose him, and let him go.

(Joh 11:45) And many of the Jews who had come to Mary, when they saw what Jesus did, believed on him.

(Joh 11:46) But some of them went to the Pharisees, and told them all that Jesus had done.

(Joh 11:47) And the chief priests and Pharisees assembled together, and said: What shall we do? For this man worketh many signs.

(Joh 11:48) And if we thus let him alone, all the people will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away our place and our nation.

(Joh 11:49) But, one of them, named Caiaphas, was the high priest of that year; and he said to them: Ye know not any thing.

(Joh 11:50) Neither do ye consider, that it is expedient for us, that one man die for the people, and not that this whole people perish.

(Joh 11:51) This he said, however, not from the promptings of his own mind; but being the high priest of that year, he prophesied, that Jesus was about to die for the people:

(Joh 11:52) and not only for the people, but also that he might collect together the sons of God that were dispersed.

(Joh 11:53) And from that day, they plotted to kill him.

(Joh 11:54) And Jesus did not walk openly among the Jews; but retired from them to a place near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim; and there he abode with his disciples.

(Joh 11:55) And the passover of the Jews drew near: and many went up from the villages to Jerusalem, before the feast, that they might purify themselves.

(Joh 11:56) And they sought for Jesus; and they said one to another, in the temple: What think ye? that he will not come to the feast?

(Joh 11:57) And the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if any one knew where he was, he should make it known to them, that they might take him.