Part 15 (1/2)
(5)Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. (6)Then, though he heard he was ill, yet notwithstanding he abode in the same place where he was two days. (7)But after that he saith to his disciples, Let us go again into Judea. (8)The disciples say unto him, Rabbi, the Jews have just now sought to stone thee; and art thou going thither again?
(9)Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because he seeth the light of this world. (10)But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light with him. (11)These things said he: and after that he saith to them, Our friend Lazarus is asleep; but I go to waken him up.
(12)Then said his disciples, Lord, if he is asleep, he will recover.
(13)Now Jesus had spoken of his death: but they apprehended that he spake of taking rest in sleep. (14)Then Jesus therefore told them plainly, Lazarus is dead. (15)And I rejoice on your account that I was not there, in order that ye may believe; but let us go to him. (16)Then said Thomas, (called Didymus, the twin,) to his fellow-disciples, Let us go too, that we may die with him.
(17)Then Jesus, when he came; found that he had already lain in the tomb four days. (18)Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: (19)and many of the Jews had come with the women who were about Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
(20)Then Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, met him: but Mary sat in the house. (21)And Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. (22)But even now I know, that whatsoever things thou shalt ask of G.o.d, G.o.d will give thee. (23)Jesus saith to her, Thy brother shall rise again. (24)Martha saith to him, I know that he shall rise at the resurrection in the last day. (25)Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: (26)and every one who is alive, and believeth in me, shall never die to eternity. Believest thou this? (27)She saith to him, Yes, Lord I believe that thou art the Messiah, the Son of G.o.d, who cometh into the world.
(28)So when she had thus spoken, she went away, and called her sister Mary privately, saying, The Master is near at hand, and calleth for thee. (29)As soon as she heard it, she rose hastily, and came to him.
(30)Now Jesus was not yet come into the village, but was on the spot where Martha had met him. (31)Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, observing Mary, that she rose up hastily, and went out, followed her, saying, She is going to the tomb, to weep there.
(32)When therefore Mary was come where Jesus was, beholding him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother would not have died! (33)When Jesus then saw her weeping, and all the Jews who came with her lamenting, he groaned in spirit, and was himself greatly agitated: (34)and he said, Where have ye laid him? They say to him, Lord, come and see. (35)Jesus wept. (36)Then said the Jews, Behold, how he loved him! (37)But some of them said, Could not this man, who openeth the eyes of the blind, have caused that this person should not have died? (38)Then Jesus again groaning in himself, cometh to the sepulchre. It was an excavation, and a stone lay upon it.
(39)Jesus saith, Remove the stone. The sister of the deceased, Martha, said to him, Lord, he is by this time putrid: for he hath been dead four days. (40)Jesus saith unto her, Did I not tell thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shalt see the glory of G.o.d? (41)Then they removed the stone where the deceased was lying. And Jesus lifted his eyes upwards, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me!
(42)And I knew that thou always dost hear me: but for the sake of the mult.i.tude standing by I spake, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. (43)And when he had thus spoken, with a loud voice he cried, Lazarus, come forth! (44)And the deceased came forth, his feet and his hands wrapped with the linen swathes; and his face bound round with a napkin. Jesus saith to them, Loose him, and let him go!
(45)Then many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what Jesus had done, believed on him. (46)But some of them went to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. (47)The chief priests and Pharisees therefore called the sanhedrim together, and said, What are we about? for this man is doing many miracles. (48)If we suffer him to go on thus, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will come, and take away both our place and nation. (49)Then one particular person of them, Caiaphas, being the high-priest of that year, said unto them, Ye know nothing, (50)nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation be not destroyed. (51)And this he spake not from himself: but being the high-priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation; (52)and not for that nation only, but that he should collect into one body the children of G.o.d wherever dispersed. (53)Then from that day they consulted together how they might kill him.
(54)Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but went thence into the country bordering on the desert, to a city called Ephraim, and there he abode with his disciples. (55)Now the pa.s.sover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the pa.s.sover, in order to purify themselves. (56)Then they sought for Jesus, and said one to another, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast? (57)Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that, if any person knew where he was, they should declare it, that they might apprehend him.
CHAP. XII.
JESUS then before the days of the pa.s.sover came to Bethany, where the deceased Lazarus was, whom he had raised from the dead. (2)Therefore they made him a supper there; and Martha waited: but Lazarus was one of those who sat at table with him. (3)Then Mary taking a pound of unadulterated balm of nard, very valuable, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. (4)Then said one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, who was preparing to betray him, (5)Wherefore was not this aromatic ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor? (6)Now he said this, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and kept the purse, and carried the money put therein. (7)Then said Jesus, Let her alone: for the day of my burial hath she reserved this. (8)For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.
(9)Then the whole mult.i.tude of the Jews knew that he was there: and they came not for the sake of Jesus only, but also that they might see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. (10)Then the chief priests consulted how they might kill Lazarus also; (11)because on his account many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.
(12)On the morrow a great mult.i.tude who came to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, (13)took branches of palm, and went out to meet him, and cried, Hosanna! blessed is the king of Israel, that cometh in the name of the Lord.
(14)Then Jesus, having found a young a.s.s, sat upon it; as it is written, (15)”Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on the foal of an a.s.s.” (16)These things indeed knew not his disciples at first: but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
(17)Then the mult.i.tude that was with him, when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bore their testimony.
(18)Therefore also the mult.i.tude met him, because they had heard that he had done this miracle. (19)Then said the Pharisees among themselves, Do ye not perceive that ye gain no advantage? behold, the world is gone after him.
(20)Now there were certain Greeks among those who went up to wors.h.i.+p at the feast: (21)these then came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida, of Galilee, and they asked him, saying, Sir, we wish to see Jesus.
(22)Philip comes and speaks to Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. (23)Then Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. (24)Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat falling on the earth undergo a deathlike change, it abideth single: but if it _thus_ die, it beareth abundant produce. (25)He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, shall preserve it to life eternal. (26)If a man will be my servant, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall my servant be: and if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
(27)Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. (28)Father, glorify thy name! Then came a voice from heaven, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. (29)The mult.i.tude that stood by, and heard it, said that it was thunder: others said, An angel hath spoken to him. (30)Jesus answered and said, This voice came not for my sake, but for your's. (31)Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the ruler of this world be ejected out _of it_. (32)And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. (33)And this he said, signifying by what death he should die.
(34)Then the mult.i.tude answered him, We have heard out of the law, that the Messiah abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, That the Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? (35)Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest the darkness overtake you: he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not even whither he is going. (36)While ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of the light. These things spake Jesus, and going away, concealed himself from them.
(37)Now, though he had done so many miracles before them, they believed not on him: (38)that the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, ”Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?” (39)For this reason they could not believe, because Isaiah had said again; (40)”He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts; lest they should see with their eyes, and understand with the heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.” (41)These things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spake of him. (42)However, notwithstanding, many even of the rulers believed on him; but on account of the Pharisees they did not make open profession, lest they should be put out of the synagogues: (43)for they loved honour from men, more than honour from G.o.d.
(44)Then Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. (45)And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me. (46)I am come a light into the world, that every one who believeth on me should not abide in darkness. (47)And if any man, hearing my words, believeth not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. (48)He that sets me at nought, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: even the word which I have spoken, the same shall judge him at the last day.
(49)Because I have not spoken of myself; but the Farther who has sent me, he gave me commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
(50)And I know that his commandment is life eternal: therefore the things which I speak to you, just as the Father spake to me, so speak I.
CHAP. XIII.
NOW before the feast of the pa.s.sover, Jesus, knowing that his hour was come, that he should go out of this world to the Father, having loved his peculiar people that are in the world, he loved them to the end.
(2)And supper being served, (the devil having now injected into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, that he should betray him;) (3)Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came out from G.o.d, and was going to G.o.d; (4)he rises from supper, and lays aside his garments, and taking a towel, he wound it about himself. (5)Then he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was begirt. (6)Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and he saith to him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? (7)Jesus answered and said to him, What I am doing thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. (8)Peter saith to him, Thou shalt never wash my feet: no, never. Jesus answered him, Except I wash thee, thou hast no part with me. (9)Simon Peter saith to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.
(10)Jesus saith to him, He that is washed hath need only to wash his feet, for he is entirely clean: and ye are clean, but not all. (11)(For he knew who would betray him; therefore he said, Ye are not all clean.) (12)When therefore he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and sat down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done unto you? (13)Ye call me Master, and Lord: and ye speak truly; for such I am. (14)If therefore I have washed your feet, though the Lord and the Master; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. (15)For I have given you an example, that just as I have done to you, ye should do also.
(16)Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his master; nor the messenger greater than him that sent him. (17)If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye practise them. (18)I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me, hath lift up his heel against me. (19)Now I tell you previously, before this comes to pa.s.s, that, when it cometh to pa.s.s, ye may believe that I am. (20)Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I shall send, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.
(21)As Jesus was speaking these words, he was greatly agitated in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. (22)Then the disciples looked one at another, doubting of whom he spake. (23)Now there was one of the disciples reclining on the bosom of Jesus, whom Jesus loved.