Section XXXVIII.

Section XXXVIII.

[1, 2] ²⁵⁹⁶And Jesus came to Bethany, and found him already four days in the grave.  ²⁵⁹⁷And Bethany was beside Jerusalem, and its distance from it was a sum of fifteen furlongs;²⁵⁹⁸ [3] ²⁵⁹⁹and many of the Jews came unto Mary and Martha, to comfort their heart [4] because of their brother.  ²⁶⁰⁰And Martha, when she heard that Jesus had come, went [5] out to meet him:  but Mary was sitting in the house.  ²⁶⁰¹Martha then said unto Jesus, [6] My Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.  ²⁶⁰²But I know now that, [7] whatever thou shalt ask of God, he will give thee.  ²⁶⁰³Jesus said unto her, Thy brother shall [8] rise.  ²⁶⁰⁴Martha said unto him, I know that he shall rise in the resurrection at the last day.  [9] ²⁶⁰⁵Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life:  whosoever believeth in [10] [Arabic, p. 144] me, even though he die, he shall live:  ²⁶⁰⁶and every living one that believeth [11] in me shall never die.  Believest thou this?  ²⁶⁰⁷She said unto him, Yea, my Lord:  I believe that thou art the Messiah, the Son of God, that cometh into the [12] world.  ²⁶⁰⁸And when she had said that, she went and called Mary her sister secretly, [13] and said unto her, Our Master hath come, and summoneth thee.  ²⁶⁰⁹And Mary, when [14] she heard, rose in haste, and came unto him.  ²⁶¹⁰(And Jesus then had not come into [15] the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.)  ²⁶¹¹And the Jews also that were with her in the house, to comfort her, when they saw that Mary rose up and went out in haste, went after her, because they supposed that she was going to the [16] tomb to weep.  ²⁶¹²And Mary, when she came to where Jesus was, and saw him, fell at his feet, and said unto him, If thou hadst been here, my Lord, my brother had [17] not died.  ²⁶¹³And Jesus came; and when he saw her weeping, and the Jews that were [18] with her weeping, he was troubled²⁶¹⁴ in himself, and sighed; and he said, ²⁶¹⁵In what [19] place have ye laid him?  And they said unto him, Our Lord, come and see.  ²⁶¹⁶And [20] the tears of Jesus came.^{2617  2618}The Jews therefore said, See the greatness of his love for [21] him!  ²⁶¹⁹But some of them said, Could not this man, who opened the eyes of that [22] blind man, have caused that this man also should not die?  ²⁶²⁰And Jesus came to the place of burial, being troubled within himself.  And the place of burial was a cave, [23] and a stone was placed at its door.  ²⁶²¹Jesus therefore said, Take these stones away.  Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said unto him, My Lord, he hath come to [24] stink for some time:  he hath been²⁶²² four days dead.  ²⁶²³Jesus said unto her, Did not I say [25] [Arabic, p. 145] unto thee, If thou believest, thou shalt see the glory of God?  ²⁶²⁴And they removed those stones.  And Jesus lifted his eyes on high, and said, My Father, [26] I thank thee since thou didst hear me.  ²⁶²⁵And I know that thou at all times hearest me:  but I say this unto thee because of this multitude that is standing, that they [27] may believe that thou didst send me.  ²⁶²⁶And when he had said that, he cried with a [28] loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.  ²⁶²⁷And that dead man came out, having his hands and feet bound with bandages, and his face wrapped in a scarf.  Jesus said unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

[29] ²⁶²⁸And many of the Jews which came unto Mary, when they saw the deed of Jesus, [30] believed in him.  ²⁶²⁹But some of them went to the Pharisees, and informed them of all that Jesus did.

[31] ²⁶³⁰And the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered, and said, What shall we do? [32] for lo, this man doeth many signs.  ²⁶³¹And if we leave him thus, all men will believe [33] in him:  and the Romans will come and take our country and people.  ²⁶³²And one of them, who was called Caiaphas, the chief priest he was in that year, said unto them, [34] ²⁶³³Ye know not anything, nor consider that it is more advantageous for us that one [35] man should die instead of the people, and not that the whole people perish.  ²⁶³⁴And this he said not of himself:  but because he was the chief priest of²⁶³⁵ that year, he [36] prophesied that Jesus was to die instead of the people; ²⁶³⁶and not instead of the people alone, but that he might gather the scattered children of God together.  [37] ²⁶³⁷And from that day they considered how to kill him.

[38] [Arabic, p. 146] ²⁶³⁸And Jesus did not walk openly amongst the Jews, but departed thence to a place near the wilderness, to a town²⁶³⁹ called Ephraim; and he was there, going [39] about with his disciples.  ²⁶⁴⁰And the passover of the Jews was near:  and many went [40] up from the villages unto Jerusalem before the feast, to purify themselves.  ²⁶⁴¹And they sought for Jesus, and said one to another in the temple, What think ye of his [41] holding back from the feast?  ²⁶⁴²And the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that, if any man knew in what place he was, he should reveal it to them, that they might take him.

[42] ²⁶⁴³And when the days of his going up were accomplished, he prepared himself that [43] he might go²⁶⁴⁴ to Jerusalem.  ²⁶⁴⁵And he sent messengers before him, and departed,²⁶⁴⁶ and [44] entered into a village²⁶⁴⁷ of Samaria, that they might make ready for him.  ²⁶⁴⁸And they [45] received him not, because he²⁶⁴⁹ was prepared for going to Jerusalem.  ²⁶⁵⁰And when James and John his disciples saw it, they said unto him, Our Lord, wilt thou that we speak, and fire come down from heaven, to extirpate them, as did Elijah also?  [46] ²⁶⁵¹And Jesus turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not of what spirit ye are.  [47] ²⁶⁵²Verily the Son of man did not come to destroy lives, but to give life.  And they went to another village.