YOHANES 11

Kematian Lazarus

1 Seorang yang bernama Lazarus tinggal di Betania bersama-sama dengan saudaranya Maria dan Marta. t 2 Maria ialah wanita yang menuang minyak wangi ke kaki Tuhan, dan menyekanya dengan rambutnya. Suatu ketika Lazarus jatuh sakit. t 3 Kedua saudaranya mengabarkan kepada Yesus, “Tuhan, saudara kami yang Tuhan kasihi itu sakit.”

4 Ketika Yesus mendengar kabar itu, Ia berkata, “Penyakit ini tidak akan menyebabkan kematian. Ini terjadi supaya Allah diagungkan, dan supaya karenanya Anak Allah juga diagungkan.”

5 Yesus mengasihi Marta, Maria dan Lazarus. 6 Tetapi ketika Yesus mendapat berita bahwa Lazarus sakit, Ia sengaja tinggal di tempat-Nya dua hari lagi. 7 Sesudah itu baru Ia berkata kepada pengikut-pengikut-Nya, “Mari kita kembali ke Yudea.”

8 Mereka menjawab, “Bapak Guru, baru saja orang-orang Yahudi mau melempari Bapak dengan batu dan sekarang Bapak mau kembali lagi ke sana?”

9 “Bukankah siang hari lamanya dua belas jam?” kata Yesus. “Orang yang berjalan di waktu siang, tidak tersandung sebab ia melihat terang dunia ini. 10 Tetapi orang yang berjalan di waktu malam tersandung, sebab tidak ada terang padanya.” 11 Begitulah kata Yesus. Kemudian Ia berkata lagi, “Sahabat kita Lazarus sudah tidur, tetapi Aku akan pergi membangunkan dia.”

12 Pengikut-pengikut Yesus berkata, “Tuhan, kalau Lazarus tidur, nanti ia akan sembuh.”

13 Maksud Yesus ialah bahwa Lazarus sudah mati. Tetapi mereka menyangka maksud Yesus adalah bahwa Lazarus tidur biasa. 14 Karena itu Yesus berkata kepada mereka dengan terus terang, “Lazarus sudah mati. 15 Tetapi Aku senang juga Aku tidak ada di sana, sebab lebih baik untuk kalian, supaya kalian dapat percaya. Marilah kita pergi sekarang kepada Lazarus.”

16 Tomas yang disebut “Si Kembar” berkata kepada teman-temannya pengikut-pengikut Yesus, “Mari kita ikut, biar kita mati bersama Dia!”

Yang menghidupkan kembali dan memberi hidup

17 Ketika Yesus sampai di tempat itu, Lazarus sudah empat hari lamanya dikubur. 18 Betania dekat Yerusalem, kira-kira tiga kilometer jauhnya. 19 Banyak orang Yahudi telah datang mengunjungi Marta dan Maria untuk menghibur mereka karena kematian saudaranya.

20 Ketika Marta mendengar Yesus datang, ia keluar untuk menyambut Yesus, sedangkan Maria tinggal di rumah. 21 Kata Marta kepada Yesus, “Tuhan, sekiranya Tuhan ada di sini waktu itu, pasti saudara saya tidak meninggal. 22 Namun begitu saya tahu bahwa sekarang ini juga Allah akan memberi apa saja yang Tuhan minta kepada-Nya.”

23 “Saudaramu akan hidup kembali,” kata Yesus kepada Marta.

24 Marta menjawab, “Saya tahu Lazarus akan hidup kembali bila orang mati dibangkitkan pada Hari Kiamat.”

25 “Akulah yang memberi hidup dan membangkitkan orang mati,” kata Yesus kepada Marta. “Orang yang percaya kepada-Ku akan hidup, walaupun ia sudah mati. 26 Dan orang hidup yang percaya kepada-Ku, selama-lamanya tidak akan mati. Percayakah engkau akan hal itu?”

27 “Tuhan,” jawab Marta, “saya percaya Tuhan Anak Allah, Raja Penyelamat yang akan datang ke dunia ini.”

Yesus menangis

28 Setelah Marta berkata begitu, ia pergi memanggil Maria, saudaranya dan berbisik kepadanya, “Bapak Guru ada di sini; Ia menanyakan engkau.” 29 Mendengar itu, Maria cepat-cepat bangun, lalu pergi menemui Yesus. 30 Waktu itu, Yesus belum masuk ke desa. Ia masih di tempat Marta menjumpai-Nya. 31 Orang-orang Yahudi yang sedang menghibur Maria di rumah, melihat Maria bangun dan cepat-cepat keluar; jadi mereka pergi mengikuti dia, sebab mereka menyangka ia pergi ke kubur untuk menangis.

32 Waktu Maria sampai di tempat Yesus dan melihat Dia, berlututlah Maria di depan-Nya dan berkata, “Tuhan, sekiranya Tuhan ada di sini waktu itu, pasti saudara saya tidak meninggal.”

33 Ketika Yesus melihat Maria menangis, dan orang-orang Yahudi yang datang bersama Maria itu juga menangis, hati-Nya sedih, dan Ia tampak terharu sekali. 34 Maka bertanyalah Ia kepada mereka, “Di mana kalian menguburkan dia?” “Mari lihat, Tuhan,” jawab mereka.

35 Lalu Yesus menangis. 36 Maka orang-orang Yahudi itu berkata, “Lihat, bukan main kasih-Nya kepada Lazarus!”

37 Tetapi ada di antara mereka yang berkata, “Ia membuat orang buta melihat, mengapa Ia tidak bisa mencegah supaya Lazarus jangan mati?”

Lazarus dihidupkan kembali

38 Yesus sangat terharu lagi, lalu pergi ke kuburan. Kuburan itu adalah sebuah gua yang ditutup dengan batu besar.

39 “Singkirkan batu itu,” kata Yesus. Marta, saudara orang yang meninggal itu, menjawab, “Tetapi, Tuhan, ia sudah empat hari dikubur. Tentu sudah berbau busuk!”

40 Yesus berkata kepada Marta, “Bukankah sudah Kukatakan kepadamu: Kalau engkau percaya, engkau akan melihat betapa besar kuasa Allah!” 41 Maka mereka menyingkirkan batu itu. Kemudian Yesus menengadah ke langit dan berkata, “Terima kasih, Bapa, karena Engkau telah mendengarkan Aku. 42 Aku tahu Engkau selalu mendengarkan Aku, tetapi Aku mengatakan ini, untuk orang-orang yang ada di sini; supaya mereka percaya bahwa Engkaulah yang mengutus Aku.” 43 Sesudah berkata begitu, Yesus berseru dengan suara keras, “Lazarus, keluar!” 44 Maka keluarlah orang yang sudah mati itu. Tangan dan kakinya masih terbungkus kain kafan, dan mukanya tertutup dengan kain penutup muka. “Lepaskan kain kafannya supaya ia bebas berjalan,” kata Yesus kepada orang-orang di situ.

Komplotan untuk melawan Yesus

(Mat. 26:1-5; Mrk. 14:1-2; Luk. 22:1-2)

45 Banyak dari orang-orang Yahudi yang datang mengunjungi Maria, percaya kepada Yesus waktu mereka melihat kejadian itu. 46 Tetapi beberapa di antara mereka pergi kepada orang Farisi dan melaporkan apa yang sudah dilakukan oleh Yesus. 47 Karena itu orang-orang Farisi dan imam-imam kepala mengadakan rapat dengan Mahkamah Agama. Mereka berkata, “Kita harus berbuat apa? Orang ini membuat banyak keajaiban! 48 Kalau kita membiarkan Dia terus begini semua orang akan percaya kepada-Nya. Dan akhirnya penguasa Roma akan datang dan menghancurkan Rumah Tuhan dan seluruh bangsa kita!”

49 Seorang dari mereka yang bernama Kayafas, imam agung pada tahun itu, berkata, “Kalian tidak tahu apa-apa. 50 Apakah kalian tidak menyadari bahwa demi rakyat, lebih baik satu orang mati daripada seluruh bangsa hancur?” 51 Sebenarnya Kayafas mengatakan itu, bukan dari pikirannya sendiri. Tetapi sebagai imam agung tahun itu ia menubuatkan bahwa Yesus akan mati untuk bangsa Yahudi. 52 Dan bukan untuk bangsa Yahudi saja, tetapi juga untuk mengumpulkan dan mempersatukan anak-anak Allah yang tercerai-berai.

53 Mulai hari itu para penguasa Yahudi bersekongkol untuk membunuh Yesus. 54 Karena itu Yesus tidak lagi tampil di muka umum di kalangan orang Yahudi. Ia meninggalkan Yudea, lalu pergi ke kota yang bernama Efraim dekat padang gurun. Di situ Ia tinggal bersama pengikut-pengikut-Nya.

55 Pada waktu itu sudah dekat Hari Raya Paskah Yahudi. Banyak orang dari desa-desa sudah pergi ke Yerusalem untuk menjalankan upacara pembersihan diri sebelum perayaan itu. 56 Mereka mencari Yesus, dan waktu berkumpul di Rumah Tuhan, mereka berkata satu sama lain, “Bagaimana pendapatmu? Mungkin Ia tidak datang ke perayaan ini.” 57 Mereka mengatakan itu sebab imam-imam kepala dan orang-orang Farisi sudah mengeluarkan perintah bahwa orang yang tahu di mana Yesus berada, harus melaporkannya supaya Ia dapat ditangkap.

John 11

The Death of Lazarus

1 Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.t2 (Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed oilt and wiped his feet dry with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)s3 So the sisters sent a messaget to Jesus,t “Lord, look, the one you love is sick.”4 When Jesus heard this, he said, “This sickness will not lead to death,ts but to God’s glory,t so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”s

5 (Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.)s
6 So when he heard that Lazarust was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days.7 Then after this, he said to his disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”s8 The disciples replied,t “Rabbi, the Jewish leaderst were just now tryingt to stone you to death! Aret you going there again?”9 Jesus replied,t “Are there not twelve hours in a day? If anyone walks around in the daytime, he does not stumble,t because he sees the light of this world.s

10 But if anyone walks around at night,t he stumbles,t because the light is not in him.”
11 After he said this, he added,t “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep.t But I am going there to awaken him.”12 Then the disciples replied,t “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”

13 (Now Jesus had been talking aboutt his death, but theyt thought he had been talking about real sleep.)ts
14 Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died,15 and I am gladt for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe.s But let us go to him.”

16 So Thomas (called Didymuss)s said to his fellow disciples, “Let us go too, so that we may die with him.”s

Speaking with Martha and Mary

17 Whent Jesus arrived,t he found that Lazarust had been in the tomb four days already.ts18 (Now Bethany was less than two milest from Jerusalem,s19 so many of the Jewish people of the regiont had come to Martha and Mary to console themt over the loss of their brother.)ts20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house.s21 Marthat said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will grantt you.”s
23 Jesus replied,t “Your brother will come back to life again.”ts24 Martha said,t “I know that he will come back to life againt in the resurrection at the last day.”25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will livet even if he dies,26 and the one who lives and believes in me will never die.t Do you believe this?”

27 She replied,t “Yes, Lord, I believet that you are the Christ,ts the Son of God who comes into the world.”t
28 And when she had said this, Marthat went and called her sister Mary, saying privately,t “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”t29 So when Maryt heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.30 (Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still in the place where Martha had come out to meet him.)

31 Then the peoplet who were with Maryt in the house consoling her saw hert get up quickly and go out. They followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weept there.
32 Now when Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the peoplet who had come with her weeping, he was intensely movedt in spirit and greatly distressed.t34 He asked,t “Where have you laid him?”t They replied,t “Lord, come and see.”35 Jesus wept.s36 Thus the people who had come to mournt said, “Look how much he loved him!”

37 But some of them said, “This is the man who caused the blind man to see!t Couldn’t he have done something to keep Lazarust from dying?”

Lazarus Raised from the Dead

38 Jesus, intensely movedt again, came to the tomb. (Now it was a cave, and a stone was placed across it.)s39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”t Martha, the sister of the deceased,t replied, “Lord, by this time the body will have a bad smell,t because he has been buriedt four days.”s40 Jesus responded,t “Didn’t I tell you that if you believe, you would see the glory of God?”41 So they took awayt the stone. Jesus looked upwardt and said, “Father, I thank you that you have listened to me.t42 I knew that you always listen to me,t but I said thist for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me.”43 Whent he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice,s “Lazarus, come out!”

44 The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth,s and a cloth wrapped around his face.t Jesus said to them, “Unwrap himt and let him go.”

The Response of the Jewish Leaders

45 Then many of the people,t who had come with Mary and had seen the things Jesust did, believed in him.46 But some of them went to the Phariseess and reported to themt what Jesus had done.47 So the chief priests and the Phariseest called the councilt together and said, “What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.

48 If we allow him to go on in this way,t everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away our sanctuaryt and our nation.”
49 Then one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said,t “You know nothing at all!50 You do not realizet that it is more to your advantage to have one mant die for the people than for the whole nation to perish.”s51 (Now he did not say this on his own,t but because he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish nation,t52 and not for the Jewish nationt only,s but to gather togethert into one the children of God who are scattered.)s

53 So from that day they planned together to kill him.
54 Thus Jesus no longer wentt around publiclyt among the Judeans,t but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim,t and stayed there with his disciples.55 Now the Jewish feast of Passovert was near, and many people went up to Jerusalems from the rural areas before the Passover to cleanse themselves ritually.t56 Thus they were looking for Jesus,t and saying to one another as they stood in the temple courts,t “What do you think? That he won’t come to the feast?”

57 (Now the chief priests and the Phariseest had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesust was should report it, so that they could arrestt him.)s