John 11 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And a certain one was sick, Elʽ

² (Now it was Miryam who anointed the Master with perfume and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Elʽ

³ Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Master, see, he whom You love is sick.”

⁴ But when יהושע  heard, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the esteem of Elohim, so that the Son of Elohim might be esteemed by it.”

⁵ Now יהושע  loved Martha and her sister and Elʽ

⁶ Therefore, when He heard that he was sick, then indeed He stayed at the place where He was, two more days.

⁷ Then after this He said to the taught ones, “Let us go back to Yehuḏ

⁸ The taught ones said to Him, “Rabbi, the Yehuḏ

⁹ יהושע  answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

¹⁰ “But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

¹¹ He said this, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Elʽ

¹² Therefore the taught ones said to Him, “Master, if he has fallen asleep he shall recover.”

¹³ But יהושע  had spoken about his death, whereas they thought that He spoke of taking rest in sleep.

¹⁴ So then יהושע  said to them plainly, “Elʽ

¹⁵ “And for your sake I am glad I was not there, in order for you to believe. But let us go to him.”

¹⁶ T’oma, who is called the Twin, then said to his fellow taught ones, “Let us also go, so that we die with Him.”

¹⁷ Therefore, when יהושע  arrived, He found that he had already been four days in the tomb.

¹⁸ Now Bĕ

¹⁹ And many of the Yehuḏ

²⁰ Martha, then, when she heard that יהושע  was coming, met Him, but Miryam was sitting in the house.

²¹ Martha, then, said to יהושע, “Master, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.

²² “But even now I know that whatever You might ask of Elohim, Elohim shall give You.”

²³ יהושע  said to her, “Your brother shall rise again.”

²⁴ Martha said to Him, “I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”

²⁵ יהושע  said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he dies, he shall live.

²⁶ “And everyone that is living and believing in Me shall never die at all. Do you believe this?”

²⁷ She said to Him, “Yea, Master, I believe that You are the Messiah, the Son of Elohim, who is coming into the world.”

²⁸ And having said this she went away and called her sister Miryam secretly, saying, “The Teacher is here and calls you.”

²⁹ When she heard, she rose up quickly and came to Him.

³⁰ And יהושע  had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met Him.

³¹ Therefore the Yehuḏ

³² Miryam, therefore, when she came where יהושע  was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, “Master, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”

³³ יהושע, therefore, when He saw her weeping, and the Yehuḏ

³⁴ and said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to Him, “Master, come and see.”

³⁵ יהושע  wept.

³⁶ The Yehuḏ

³⁷ And some of them said, “Was this One, who opened the eyes of the blind, not also able to prevent this one from dying?”

³⁸ יהושע, therefore, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

³⁹ יהושע  said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who had died, said to Him, “Master, already he smells, for it is four days.”

⁴⁰ יהושע  said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe, you shall see the esteem of Elohim?”

⁴¹ So they took away the stone where the dead man was laid. And יהושע  lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

⁴² “And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the crowd standing by I said this, in order that they believe that You sent Me.”

⁴³ And when He had said this, He cried with a loud voice, “Elʽ

⁴⁴ And he who died came out bound feet and hands with wrappings, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. יהושע  said to them, “Loosen him, and let him go.”

⁴⁵ Therefore many of the Yehuḏ

⁴⁶ But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them what יהושע  did.

⁴⁷ So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, “What shall we do? Because this Man does many signs.

⁴⁸ “If we let Him alone like this, they all shall believe in Him, and the Romans shall come and take away from us both our place and nation.”

⁴⁹ And one of them, Qayapha, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know naught,

⁵⁰ neither do you consider that it is better for us that one man die for the people than that the entire nation should perish.”

⁵¹ But he did not say this from himself, but being high priest that year he prophesied that יהושע  was about to die for the nation,

⁵² and not for the nation only, but to gather together into one the children of Elohim who were scattered abroad.

⁵³ So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.

⁵⁴ יהושע  therefore no longer went openly among the Yehuḏ

⁵⁵ Now the Passover of the Yehuḏ

⁵⁶ And so they were seeking יהושע, and spoke among one another, standing in the Set-apart Place, “What do you think? Is He not coming to the festival at all?”

⁵⁷ And both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should disclose it, in order for them to seize Him.