John 11 - Coverdale Miles 1535  Bible

¹ There laye one sicke, named Lazarus of Bethania, in ye towne of Mary

² It was yt Mary which anoynted ye LORDE wt oyntment,

³ The sent his sisters vnto hi,

⁴ Wha Iesus herde that, he sayde: This sicknesse is not vnto death, but for the prayse of God, yt the sonne of God maye be praysed there thorow.

⁵ Iesus loued Martha

⁶ Now wha he herde that he was sicke, he abode two dayes in ye place where he was.

⁷ Afterwarde sayde he vnto his disciples: Let vs go agayne i to Iewry.

⁸ His disciples sayde vnto him: Master, lately wolde the Iewes haue stoned the,

⁹ Iesus answered: Are there not twolue houres in ye daye? He yt walketh in the daye, stombleth not, for he seyeth ye light of this worlde.

¹⁰ But he that walketh in the night, stobleth: for there is no light in him.

¹¹ This he spake,

¹² The sayde his disciples: LORDE, yf he slepe, he shal do well ynough

¹³ (Howbeyt Iesus spake of his death but they thought yt he had spoke of ye bodely slepe.)

^14-15 The sayde Iesus vnto the planely: Lazarus is deed,

¹⁶ The sayde Thomas (which is called Didimus) vnto ye disciples: Let vs go also, yt we maye dye wt hi.

¹⁷ The came Iesus,

¹⁸ Bethanye was nye vnto Ierusale, aboute fiftene furloges.

¹⁹ And many of the Iewes were come to Martha

²⁰ Now wha Martha herde yt Iesus came, she wete to mete him. But Mary satt styl at home.

²¹ The sayde Martha vnto Iesus: LORDE, yf thou haddest bene here, my brother had not bene deed.

²² But neuertheles I knowe also, what soeuer thou axest of God, that God wyl geue it the.

²³ Iesus sayde vnto her: Thy brother shal ryse agayne.

²⁴ Martha sayde vnto hi: I knowe, yt he shal ryse agayne in the resurreccion at ye last daye.

^25-26 Iesus saide vnto her: I am the resurreccion

²⁷ She saide vnto him: Yee LORDE, I beleue, that thou art Christ the sonne of God, which shulde come into the worlde.

²⁸ And wha she had sayde this, she wete hir waye,

²⁹ She whan she herde that, rose vp quyckly, and came vnto him:

³⁰ For Iesus was not yet come in to ye towne, but was yet in the place, where Martha met him.

³¹ The Iewes that were wt her in the house and comforted her, whan they sawe Mary, that she rose vp haistely,

³² Now wha Mary came where Iesus was

^33-34 Wha Iesus sawe her wepe,

³⁵ And Iesus wepte.

³⁶ Then sayde ye Iewes: Beholde how he loued him.

³⁷ But some of the saide: Coulde no the which opened the eyes of ye blynde, haue made also, that this ma shulde not haue dyed?

³⁸ But Iesus groned agayne in himself, and came to the graue. It was a caue, and a stone layed on it.

³⁹ Iesus saide: Take awaye ye stone. Martha the sister of him yt was deed, saide vnto hi: LORDE, he stynketh allready, for he hath bene deed foure dayes.

⁴⁰ Iesus sayde vnto her: Sayde I not vnto the, that yf thou dyddest beleue, thou shuldest se the glory of God?

⁴¹ Then toke they awaye the stone, where the deed laye. Iesus lift vp his eyes, and sayde: Father, I thake ye, that thou hast herde me.

⁴² Howbeit I knowe, that thou hearest me allwaye: but because of ye people that stonde by, I sayde it, that they maye beleue, that thou hast sent me.

⁴³ Whan he had sayde this, he cryed loude: Lazarus come forth.

⁴⁴ And ye deed came forth bounde hande

⁴⁵ Many now of ye Iewes which mere come vnto Mary, and sawe what Iesus dyd, beleued on him.

⁴⁶ But some of the wente their waye vnto the pharises, and tolde the what Iesus had done.

⁴⁷ Then the hye prestes, and the pharises gathered a councell, and sayde: What do we? This man doth many tokens.

⁴⁸ Yf we let him go thus, all me wyl beleue in him: the shal the Romaynes come, and take awaye oure londe and people.

⁴⁹ But one of them, named Caiphas, which was hye prest that same yeare, sayde vnto them: Ye knowe nothinge nether considre ye eny thinge at all.

⁵⁰ It is better for us that one ma dye for the people, then that all the people shulde perishe.

⁵¹ This spake he not of himself, but for so moch as he was hye prest of the same yeare, he prophecied. For Iesus was for to dye for the people,

⁵² and not for the people onely, but that he shulde gather together the children of God, which were scatered abrode:

⁵³ From that daye forth they toke coucell, how they might put him to death.

⁵⁴ Iesus walked nomore openly amonge the Iewes, but wente from thence in to a countre by the wyldernesse, to a cite called Ephraim,

⁵⁵ The Iewes Easter was nye at hande. And there wente vp many to Ierusale out of that countre before ye Easter, to purifye them selues.

⁵⁶ Then stode they vp, and axed after Iesus, and spake amonge them selues in the temple: What thynke ye, that he cometh not to ye feast?

⁵⁷ The hye prestes