to him, Yea, Master, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, he who was to 28 come into the world. And when she had said this, she went and called Mary her sister privately, saying, The Teacher is here, and asks 29 for you. She, on hearing this, immediately rose 30 and went to him. Jesus had not yet entered the town, but was at the place where Martha 31 met him. Then the Jews who were with Mary in the house to comfort her, seeing her rise hastily and go out, followed her, saying, She is 32 going to the tomb to weep there. And when Mary came where Jesus was, upon seeing him, she fell down at his feet, and said to him, Master, if you had been here, my brother might not 33 have died. Then Jesus, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, 34 struggled with himself and was troubled. And he said, Where have you laid him? They said 35 to him, Master, come and see. Jesus wept. 36 Then the Jews said, See, how he loved him! 37 But some of them said, Could not he who

opened the eyes of the blind man have saved 38 this man even from death? Then Jesus, still struggling with himself, came to the tomb. It was hewn out of a rock, and closed by a stone. Jesus said, Remove the stone. The sister of 39 the dead man, Martha, said to him, Master, by this time the body is offensive; for this is the fourth day since his death. Jesus said to her, 40 Did I not tell you, that, if you would have faith, you should see the glory of God? Then they 41 took away the stone. And Jesus raised his eyes, and said, Father! I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I know that thou hearest me 42 always; but I have spoken for the sake of the multitude who are standing round, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. And 43 having said this, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus! Come forth! And the dead man came 44 forth, with his limbs swathed, and his face bound round with a cloth. Jesus said to them, Loose him, and let him go away.

THEN many of the Jews who had come to 45 Mary, and saw what Jesus had done, believed in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees 46 and told them what Jesus had done.

Then the chief priests and Pharisees held a 47 council, and said, What are we to do? For this man is performing many marvels. If we 48 thus let him alone, all men will believe in him;

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and the Romans will come, and will take away 49 our country and nation. But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high-priest that year, said to them, Ye know nothing about the business, 50 nor do ye consider that it is better for us that one man should die for the people, than that the whole nation should be destroyed.

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This he spoke not from himself, but, being high-priest that year, he spoke under a divine impulse, his words signifying, that Jesus was 52 about to die for the nation; - and not for the nation only, but that he might bring together, in one body, the children of God, however dispersed.

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From that day they consulted together for 54 the purpose of procuring his death. Jesus, therefore, no longer appeared openly among the Jews, but went thence to the country near the Desert, to a town called Ephraim, and there abode with his disciples.

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But the Passover of the Jews was nigh; and many went up to Jerusalem from the country, 56 before the Passover, to purify themselves. And the Jews were looking out for Jesus; and said one to another, as they were standing in the temple, What think you? that he will not come to the festival? And the chief priests and Phari- 57 sees had even given orders, that if any one knew where he was, he should give information, that they might apprehend him.

Then Jesus, six days before the Passover, 12 came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom he had raised from the dead. And a supper was 2 made for him there, and Martha served; and Lazarus was one of those at table with him. Then Mary, taking a pound of pure oil of spike- 3 nard, very precious, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped them with her hair; and the house was filled with the perfume of the oil. Then 4 said one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, he who was about to betray him, Why was not this oil sold for three hundred de- 5 narii, and given to the poor? This he said, not 6 because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money-box, and what was put in it was in his hands. Then Jesus 7 said, Let her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial. The poor you have always s with you, but me you have not always.

Ch. xii. 1-8. Compare Matthew xxvi. 6-13; Mark xiv. 3-9.

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Then a great number of the Jews, learning that Jesus was there, came, not merely on his account, but to see Lazarus, whom he had raised 10 from the dead. And the chief priests purposed 11 the death of Lazarus also; because many of the Jews, on his account, drew off from them, and believed in Jesus.

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The next day, a great multitude who had come to the festival, hearing that Jesus was 13 approaching Jerusalem, took palm-branches and went to meet him, shouting, Hosanna! Blessed be the king of Israel, who comes in the name 14 of the LORD! And Jesus, having procured a 15 young ass, sat upon it, as it is written, Fear not, O Zion! Lo! thy king is coming to thee, sitting on an ass's colt.*

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These things his disciples did not understand at first; but after Jesus was glorified, they remembered that they had been written concerning him, and had been done in regard to him.

Then the multitude who were with him gave their testimony that he had called Lazarus from 18 the tomb, and raised him from the dead. Hence,