John 11:38-48

38 So Jesus, again being deeply moved within *, came to the tomb. Now it was a ¹cave, 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 there will be a stench, for he has been dead ²four days."

40 Jesus said to her, "³Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?"

41 So they removed the ⁴stone. Then Jesus ⁵raised His eyes, and said, "⁶Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

42 "I knew that You always hear Me; but ⁷because of the people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that ⁸You 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, ⁹bound hand and foot with wrappings, and ¹⁰his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."

45 ¹¹Therefore many of the Jews ¹²who came to Mary, and ¹³saw what He had done, believed in Him.

46 But some of them went to the ¹⁴Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.

Conspiracy to Kill Jesus

47 Therefore ¹⁵the chief priests and the Pharisees ¹⁶convened a ¹⁷council, and were saying, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many ¹⁸signs.

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 ¹⁹place and our nation."

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 27:60; Mark 15:46; Luke 24:2; John 20:1
• 2. John 11:17
• 3. John 11:4, 23f
• 4. Matthew 27:60; Mark 15:46; Luke 24:2; John 20:1
• 5. John 17:1; Acts 7:55
• 6. Matthew 11:25
• 7. John 12:30; John 17:21
• 8. John 3:17
• 9. John 19:40
• 10. John 20:7
• 11. John 7:31
• 12. John 11:19; John 12:17
• 13. John 2:23
• 14. John 7:32, 45; John 11:57
• 15. John 7:32, 45; John 11:57
• 16. Matthew 26:3
• 17. Matthew 5:22
• 18. John 2:11
• 19. Matthew 24:15

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "he stinks"
• [b]. Lit "crowd"
• [c]. Or "attesting miracles"