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AND a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister 2 Martha. This Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was the same who anointed the Master with precious oil, and wiped his feet with 3 her hair. Then the sisters sent to him to say, 5 Master, lo! he whom you love is sick. For

Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Laza4 rus. And Jesus, on hearing this, said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.

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So, after hearing that Lazarus was sick, he remained two days in the place where he was. 7 Then he said to his disciples, Let us go into 8 Judæa again. The disciples said to him, Rabbi, but now, the Jews were eager to stone you; 9 and will you go there again? Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? He who walks in the day will not stumble; for he 10 sees the light of this world. But he who walks in the night will stumble; for the light is not 11 with him. Thus he spoke, and afterwards said to them, Our friend Lazarus has fallen into a sleep; 12 but I am going to awake him. Then his disciples said, Master, if he is sleeping, he will do well.-Jesus had spoken of his death; but they 13 thought he was speaking only of sleep. Then 14 Jesus said to them plainly, Lazarus is dead. And I rejoice, on your account, that I was not 15 there; that your faith may be confirmed. But let us go to him. Then Thomas, who was called 16 Didymus, said to his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, to die with him.

When Jesus came, he found that Lazarus 17 had been already four days in the tomb. Beth- 18 any was near Jerusalem, the distance being about fifteen furlongs, and many of the Jews 19 had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them for their brother. Then Martha, as soon as she 20 heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet him; but Mary sat still in the house. And Martha 21 said to Jesus, Master, if you had been here, my brother might not have died; and I know now 22 that whatever you ask of God, God will grant you. Jesus said to her, Your brother will rise 23 again. Martha said to him, I know that he will 24 rise in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus 25 said to her, I am the resurrection and eternal life. He who has faith in me, though he die, will live; and whoever lives and has faith in me 26 will never die. Do you believe this? She said 27 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;

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