The Life of Jesus

Therefore were they seeking again to seize him, and he went forth out of their hand,

and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there,

and many came unto him, and said--`John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this one were true;'

and many did believe in him there.

And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister--

and it was Mary who did anoint the Lord with ointment, and did wipe his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ailing--

therefore sent the sisters unto him, saying, `Sir, lo, he whom thou dost love is ailing;'

and Jesus having heard, said, `This ailment is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.'

And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,

when, therefore, he heard that he is ailing, then indeed he remained in the place in which he was two days,

then after this, he saith to the disciples, `We may go to Judea again;'

the disciples say to him, `Rabbi, now were the Jews seeking to stone thee, and again thou dost go thither!'

Jesus answered, `Are there not twelve hours in the day? if any one may walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because the light of this world he doth see;

and if any one may walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.'

These things he said, and after this he saith to them, `Lazarus our friend hath fallen asleep, but I go on that I may awake him;'

therefore said his disciples, `Sir, if he hath fallen asleep, he will be saved;'

but Jesus had spoken about his death, but they thought that about the repose of sleep he speaketh.

Then, therefore, Jesus said to them freely, `Lazarus hath died;

and I rejoice, for your sake, (that ye may believe,) that I was not there; but we may go to him;'

therefore said Thomas, who is called Didymus, to the fellow-disciples, `We may go--we also, that we may die with him,'

Jesus, therefore, having come, found him having been four days already in the tomb.

And Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off,

and many of the Jews had come unto Martha and Mary, that they might comfort them concerning their brother;

Martha, therefore, when she heard that Jesus doth come, met him, and Mary kept sitting in the house.

Martha, therefore, said unto Jesus, `Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;