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John 11 — Greek text and reception

Saints Translation: John 1–21 [V2]

Each card preserves the Greek reading and its textual and reception notes. This source provides a Greek study edition; Hebrew counterparts and Hebrew–Greek classifications are not supplied.

Chapter 11

Lazarus called from the tomb

Verse 11:1

Greek–English Saints Priority

Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, from the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: Lazarus’ Bethany is identified through the village of Mary and Martha. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:2

Greek–English Saints Priority

It was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed ointment and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The narrator identifies Mary by the anointing that is narrated in chapter twelve. No equation with an unnamed woman from another Gospel is added. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:3

Greek–English Saints Priority

So the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, the one You love is ill.”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The sisters appeal to Jesus’ love for Lazarus without expressing a particular requested action. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:4

Greek–English Saints Priority

When Jesus heard, He said, “This illness is not for death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: ‘Not for death’ follows πρὸς θάνατον, with the positive purpose stated as divine glory. The later explicit death is retained rather than explaining it away. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:5

Greek–English Saints Priority

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The sisters’ and mourners’ statements use φιλέω for love, while the narrator here uses ἀγαπάω. Both are love; a fixed opposition between lesser and higher love is not assumed. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:6

Greek–English Saints Priority

So when He heard that he was ill, He then remained two days in the place where He was.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The connective ‘so’ and the two-day delay follow the stated love and news of illness. No unexpressed reason for the delay is inserted. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:7

Greek–English Saints Priority

After this He said to the disciples, “Let us go into Judea again.”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The journey is a return to Judea, explaining the disciples’ alarm in 11:8. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:8

Greek–English Saints Priority

The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone You, and are You going there again?”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The disciples connect the proposed return with the recent threat of stoning. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:9

Greek–English Saints Priority

Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The twelve-hour daylight image explains walking without stumbling through available light. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:10

Greek–English Saints Priority

But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The nocturnal contrast says the light is not “in him,” retaining the image’s internal expression. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:11

Greek–English Saints Priority

He said these things, and after this He said to them, “Lazarus our friend has fallen asleep, but I am going to awaken him.”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: Sleep describes Lazarus’ condition figuratively; Jesus announces His intention to awaken him. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:12

Greek–English Saints Priority

So the disciples said to Him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will be saved.”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: σωθήσεται is ‘will be saved,’ here in the disciples’ expectation of recovery through sleep. The same saving vocabulary can function in a bodily-healing context. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:13

Greek–English Saints Priority

But Jesus had spoken of his death, while they thought He was speaking of resting in sleep.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The narrator expressly distinguishes Jesus’ death metaphor from the disciples’ literal understanding of sleep. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:14

Greek–English Saints Priority

So then Jesus told them openly, “Lazarus died,

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The plain declaration “Lazarus died” removes the preceding ambiguity. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:15

Greek–English Saints Priority

and for your sake I rejoice that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: Jesus relates His absence to the disciples’ prospective belief, not to delight in death itself. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:16

Greek–English Saints Priority

Then Thomas, who was called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: Didymus means Twin; the narrator supplies the name here without identifying a twin sibling. ‘Him’ is read as Jesus in Thomas’s call to accompany Him into danger. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:17

Greek–English Saints Priority

So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: Four days describe time already spent in the tomb when Jesus arrives. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:18

Greek–English Saints Priority

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The distance is about fifteen stadia; no modern mileage replaces the source unit. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:19

Greek–English Saints Priority

Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: Here the Jews are consoling friends or visitors, not automatically opponents. Their later responses divide between belief and reporting the event. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:20

Greek–English Saints Priority

When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet Him, but Mary remained seated in the house.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: Martha goes out while Mary remains seated; the sisters’ differing actions are both retained. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:21

Greek–English Saints Priority

So Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: Martha’s counterfactual statement expresses confidence that Jesus’ presence could have prevented death. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:22

Greek–English Saints Priority

And now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: Her present confidence concerns what God will give at Jesus’ request. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Textual: NA28 reads [ἀλλὰ] καὶ νῦν οἶδα (SBLGNT καὶ νῦν οἶδα); the rendering above follows SBLGNT and would read “But even now I know” under NA28 (collated against TAGNT edition marks, not a printed NA28 apparatus).

Verse 11:23

Greek–English Saints Priority

Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise.”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The promise of rising is brief; Martha supplies an eschatological interpretation in 11:24. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:24

Greek–English Saints Priority

Martha said to Him, “I know that he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: Martha explicitly locates the resurrection on the last day. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:25

Greek–English Saints Priority

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me, even if he dies, will live,

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The statement joins resurrection and life, belief and dying, and the promised living; verse twenty-six’s strong denial of death is preserved without inserting a definition. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:26

Greek–English Saints Priority

and everyone who lives and believes in Me will certainly never die. Do you believe this?”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The emphatic assurance against death is followed by a personal question to Martha. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:27

Greek–English Saints Priority

She said to Him, “Yes, Lord. I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God, the One coming into the world.”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: Her confession includes Christ, Son of God and the One coming into the world. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:28

Greek–English Saints Priority

Having said this, she went away and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, “The Teacher is here and calls you.”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: Martha privately summons Mary and designates Jesus as the Teacher. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:29

Greek–English Saints Priority

When she heard, she rose quickly and came to Him.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: Mary’s immediate rising contrasts with her previous seated position in the house. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:30

Greek–English Saints Priority

Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The narrator locates Jesus outside the village where Martha first met Him. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:31

Greek–English Saints Priority

So the Jews who were with her in the house consoling her, seeing that Mary rose quickly and went out, followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The mourners follow Mary because they suppose she is going to the tomb. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:32

Greek–English Saints Priority

When Mary came where Jesus was and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: Mary repeats Martha’s counterfactual saying while falling at Jesus’ feet. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:33

Greek–English Saints Priority

So when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her weeping, He was indignant in spirit and troubled Himself.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: ἐμβριμάομαι expresses forceful emotion, often indignation. ‘Was indignant’ retains that sharper force, while ‘troubled Himself’ follows the active reflexive construction. The text does not explicitly name the indignation’s object. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:34

Greek–English Saints Priority

And He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The plural question concerns where they laid Lazarus; the reply invites Jesus to see. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:35

Greek–English Saints Priority

Jesus wept.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: ἐδάκρυσεν denotes shedding tears, distinct from the preceding κλαίω for weeping; the simple ‘wept’ preserves the brief sentence. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:36

Greek–English Saints Priority

So the Jews said, “Behold, how He loved him!”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The observers interpret His tears as evidence of His love for Lazarus. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:37

Greek–English Saints Priority

But some of them said, “Could not this man, who opened the blind man’s eyes, have made it so that this man also did not die?”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: Some compare the present death with the earlier healing of blindness in their question. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:38

Greek–English Saints Priority

Then Jesus, again indignant within Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The strong emotion recurs; the tomb is specified as a cave with a stone against it. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:39

Greek–English Saints Priority

Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to Him, “Lord, he already smells, for it is his fourth day.”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: τεταρταῖος means being in the fourth day. Martha’s statement includes the odor rather than a generalized concern about the tomb. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:40

Greek–English Saints Priority

Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: Jesus links belief with seeing God’s glory, recalling the purpose stated in 11:4. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:41

Greek–English Saints Priority

So they took away the stone. Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You heard Me.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: Removal of the stone precedes the thanksgiving; Jesus addresses the Father directly. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:42

Greek–English Saints Priority

I knew that You always hear Me, but I said this because of the crowd standing around, so that they may believe that You sent Me.”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The audible prayer aims at the surrounding crowd’s recognition that the Father sent Jesus. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:43

Greek–English Saints Priority

Having said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The loud summons names Lazarus individually and commands him to come out. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:44

Greek–English Saints Priority

The dead man came out, his feet and hands bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The source distinguishes the binding strips, κειρίαι, from the face cloth, σουδάριον. It narrates his emergence while bound without explaining the mechanics. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:45

Greek–English Saints Priority

So many of the Jews who had come to Mary and beheld what He did believed in Him.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: Many of the Jewish visitors believe on seeing the act, preserving the narrative’s varied responses. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:46

Greek–English Saints Priority

But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus did.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: Others report the event to the Pharisees; the text does not explicitly state their motive. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:47

Greek–English Saints Priority

Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, “What are we doing? For this man does many signs.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The gathered council acknowledges many signs while debating its response. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:48

Greek–English Saints Priority

If we leave Him like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: ‘Our place’ is retained for τόπος; it may concern the temple or the group’s position and place. The speakers’ political fear is not recast as a narrator’s forecast. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:49

Greek–English Saints Priority

But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing,

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: Caiaphas’ high-priestly position is introduced before his rebuke of the other speakers. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:50

Greek–English Saints Priority

nor do you reckon that it benefits you for one man to die for the people, and not the whole nation to perish.”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The base has ‘benefits you,’ ὑμῖν, not ‘us.’ The contrast between one person and the whole nation is explicit. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:51

Greek–English Saints Priority

He did not say this from himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation,

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The narrator distinguishes Caiaphas’ intention from a prophecy spoken through his high-priestly office. ‘That year’ does not by itself assert an annually rotating office. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:52

Greek–English Saints Priority

and not for the nation alone, but also to gather into one the children of God who had been scattered.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The gathering into one extends beyond the nation to the scattered children of God. Their precise geographical identities are not supplied. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:53

Greek–English Saints Priority

So from that day they planned to kill Him.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The decision to kill Jesus is marked as a consequence from that day onward. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:54

Greek–English Saints Priority

Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went away from there into the region near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and stayed there with the disciples.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: Jesus’ withdrawal names Ephraim near the wilderness and retains the disciples’ presence. Reception: A049 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:55

Greek–English Saints Priority

Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the countryside before the Passover to purify themselves.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The travelers arrive before Passover for purification; the ritual purpose is explicit. Reception: A050 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:56

Greek–English Saints Priority

So they sought Jesus and said to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? Surely He will not come to the feast?”

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The negative question asks whether He will fail to come; it is kept as the crowd’s uncertainty. Reception: A050 (see the passage reception register).

Verse 11:57

Greek–English Saints Priority

The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he should disclose it, so that they might seize Him.

Textual & Reception Notes

Textual: The authorities order disclosure of Jesus’ whereabouts for the purpose of arrest. Reception: A050 (see the passage reception register).