John 11:30-57 (New American Standard)

30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but ¹was still in the place where Martha met Him. 31 ²Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and ³consoling her, when they saw that Mary got up quickly and went out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 32 Therefore, when Mary came where Jesus was, she saw Him, and fell at His feet, saying to Him, "⁴Lord, ⁵if You had been here, my brother would not have died." 33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and ⁶the Jews who came with her also weeping, He ⁷was deeply moved in spirit and ^a8was troubled, 34 and said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to Him, "Lord, come and see." 35 Jesus ⁹wept. 36 So ¹⁰the Jews were saying, "See how He ¹¹loved him!" 37 But some of them said, "Could not this man, who ¹²opened the eyes of the blind man, ^bhave kept this man also from dying ?" 38 So Jesus, again being deeply moved within , came to the tomb. Now it was a ¹³cave, 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 ^cthere will be a stench, for he has been dead ¹⁴four days." 40 Jesus said to her, "¹⁵Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God ?" 41 So they removed the ¹⁶stone. Then Jesus ¹⁷raised His eyes, and said, "¹⁸Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42 "I knew that You always hear Me; but ¹⁹because of the ^dpeople standing around I said it, so that they may believe that ²⁰You sent Me." 43 When He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth." 44 The man who had died came forth, ²¹bound hand and foot with wrappings, and ²²his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go." 45 ²³Therefore many of the Jews ²⁴who came to Mary, and ²⁵saw what He had done, believed in Him. 46 But some of them went to the ²⁶Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.

Conspiracy to Kill Jesus

47 Therefore ²⁷the chief priests and the Pharisees ²⁸convened a ²⁹council, and were saying, "What are we doing ? For this man is performing many ^e30signs. 48 "If we let Him go on like this, all men will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our ³¹place and our nation." 49 But one of them, ³²Caiaphas, ³³who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all, 50 nor do you take into account that ³⁴it is expedient for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish." 51 Now he did not say this ^fon his own initiative, but ³⁵being 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 ³⁶gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. 53 So from that day on they ³⁷planned together to kill Him. 54 Therefore Jesus ³⁸no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country near the wilderness, into a city called ³⁹Ephraim ; and there He stayed with the disciples. 55 Now ⁴⁰the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the Passover ⁴¹to purify themselves. 56 So they ⁴²were seeking for Jesus, and were saying to one another as they stood in the temple, "What do you think ; that He will not come to the feast at all ?" 57 Now ⁴³the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he was to report it, so that they might seize Him.