1    ^noteAnd there vvas a certaine sicke man, Lazarus of Bethánia, of the tovvne of Marie and Martha her sister.

2   (And Marie vvas she ^note that anointed our Lord vvith ointem&ebar;t, and vviped his feete vvith her heare: vvhose brother Lazarus vvas sicke.)

3   His sisters therfore sent to him saying, Lord, behold, he vvhom thou louest, is sicke.

4   And Iesvs hearing, said to them, This sicknesse is not to death, but for the glorie of God: that the sonne of God may be glorified by it.

5   And Iesvs loued Martha, and her sister Marie, and Lazarus.

6   As he heard therfore that he vvas sicke, then he taried in the same place tvvo daies:

7   then after this he saith to his Disciples, Let vs goe into Ievvrie againe.

8   The Disciples say to him, Rabbi, novv the Ievves sought to stone thee: and

goest thou thither againe?

9   Iesvs ansvvered, Are there not tvvelue houres of the day? If a man vvalke in the day, he stumbleth not: because he seeth the light of this vvorld:

10   but if he walke in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.

11   These things he said: and after this he saith to them, Lazarus our frende sleepeth: but I goe that I may raise him from sleepe.

12   His Disciples therfore said, Lord, if he sleepe, he shal be safe.

13   but Iesvs spake of his death: & they thought that he spake ^note of the sleeping ofsleepe.

14   Then therfore Iesvs said to them plainely, Lazarus is dead:

15   and I am glad for your sake, that you may beleeue, because I vvas not there. but let vs goe to him.

16   Thomas therfore, vvho is called Didymus, said to his condisciples, Let vs also goe, to die vvith him.

17   Iesvs therfore came, and found him novv hauing been foure daies in the graue.

18   (And Bethánia vvas nigh to Hierusalem about fiftene furlonges.)

19   And many of the Ievves vvere come to Martha and Marie, to comfort them concerning theire brother.

20   Martha therfore vvhen she heard that Iesvs vvas come, vvent to meete him: but Marie sat at home.

21   Martha therfore said to Iesvs, Lord if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. ^note

22   but novv also I knovv that vvhat things soeuer thou shalt aske of God, God vvil giue thee.

23   Iesvs saith to her, Thy brother shal rise againe.

24   Martha saith to him, I knovv that he shal rise againe in the resurrection, in the last day.

25   Iesvs said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that beleeueth in me, although he be dead, shal liue.

26   and euery one that liueth, and beleeueth in me, shal not die for euer, Beleeuest thou this?

27   She saith to him, Yea Lord, I haue beleeued that thou art Christ the sonne of God that art come into this vvorld. &cross4;

28   And vvhen she had said these things, she vvent, and called Marie her sister secretely, saying, The maister is come, & calleth thee.

29   She, vvh&ebar; she heard, riseth quickely, & commeth to him.

30   For Iesvs was not yet come into the towne: but he vvas yet in that place vvhere Martha had mette him.

31   The Ievves therfore that vvere vvith her in the house and did comfort her, vvhen they savv Marie that she rose quickly and vvent forth, folovved her, saying, That she goeth to the graue, to vveepe there.

32   Marie therfore vvhen

she vvas come vvhere Iesvs vvas, seeing him, fel at his feete, and saith to him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

33   Iesvs therfore vvhen he savv her vveeping, and the Ievves that vvere come vvith her, vveeping, he groned in spirit, and troubled him self,

34   and said, Vvhere haue you laid him? They say to him, Lord, come and see.

35   And Iesvs vvept.

36   The Ievves therfore said, Behold hovv he loued him.

37   But certaine of them said, Could not he that ^note opened the eies of the blinde man, make that this man should not die?

38   Iesvs therfore againe groning in him self, commeth to the graue. and it vvas a caue: and a stone vvas laid ouer it.

39   Iesvs saith, Take avvay the stone. Martha the sister of him that vvas dead, saith to him, Lord, novv he stinketh, for he is novv of foure daies.

40   Iesvs saith to her, Did not I say to thee, that if thou beleeue, thou shalt see the glorie of God?

41   They tooke therfore the stone avvay. And Iesvs lifting his eies vpvvard, said, Father, I giue thee thankes that thou hast heard me.

42   and I did knovv that thou doest alvvaies heare me, but for the people that standeth about, haue I said it, that they may beleeue that thou hast sent me.

43   Vvhen he had said these things, he cried vvith a loude voice, Lazarus, come forth.

44   And forthvvith he came forth that had been dead, bound feete and handes vvith vvinding bandes, and his face vvas tied vvith a napkin. Iesvs said to them, ^note Loose him, and let him goe.

45   Many therfore of the Ievves that vvere come to Marie and Martha, and had seen the things that Iesvs did, beleeued in him. &cross4;

46   And certaine of them vvent to the Pharisees, and told them the things that Iesvs did. ^note

47   The cheefe priests therfore and the pharisees gathered a councel, and said, Vvhat doe vve, for this man doeth many signes.

48   If vve let him alone so, al vvil beleeue in him: and the Romanes vvil come, and ^note take avvay our place and nation.

49   But one of them named Caiphas, being the high priest of that yere, said to them, You knovv nothing,

50   neither doe you c&obar;sider that it is expedient for vs that one man die for the people, and the vvhole nati&obar; perish not.

51   And this he said not of him self: but09Q0826 being the high priest of that yere, he prophecied that Iesvs should die for the nation:

52   and not only for the nation, but to gather into one the children of God that vvere dispersed.

53   From that day therfore they deuised to kil him.

54   Iesvs

therfore vvalked no more openly among the Ievves, but he vvent into the countrie beside the desert vnto a citie that is called Ephrem, and there he abode vvith his Disciples. &cross4;

55   And the Pasche of the Ievves vvas at hand: and many of the countrie vvent vp to Hierusalem before the Pasche to sanctifie them selues.

56   They sought Iesvs therfore: and they communed one vvith an other, standing in the temple, Vvhat thinke you, in that he is not come to the festiual day? And the cheefe Priests & Pharisees had giuen c&obar;maundem&ebar;t, that if any man should knovv vvhere he vvas, he should tel, that they might apprehend him.

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