Section XXXVIII.

[1, 2] 2522And Jesus came to Bethany, and found him already four days in the grave.  2523And Bethany was beside Jerusalem, and its distance from it was a sum of fifteen furlongs;2524 [3] 2525and many of the Jews came unto Mary and Martha, to comfort their heart [4] because of their brother.  2526And Martha, when she heard that Jesus had come, went [5] out to meet him:  but Mary was sitting in the house.  2527Martha then said unto Jesus, [6] My Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.  2528But I know now that, [7] whatever thou shalt ask of God, he will give thee.  2529Jesus said unto her, Thy brother shall [8] rise.  2530Martha said unto him, I know that he shall rise in the resurrection at the last day.  [9] 2531Jesus 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:  2532and every living one that believeth [11] in me shall never die.  Believest thou this?  2533She said unto him, Yea, my Lord:  I believe that thou art the Messiah, the Son of God, that cometh into the [12] world.  2534And 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.  2535And Mary, when [14] she heard, rose in haste, and came unto him.  2536(And Jesus then had not come into [15] the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.)  2537And 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.  2538And 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.  2539And Jesus came; and when he saw her weeping, and the Jews that were [18] with her weeping, he was troubled2540 in himself, and sighed; and he said, 2541In what [19] place have ye laid him?  And they said unto him, Our Lord, come and see.  2542And [20] the tears of Jesus came.2543  2544The Jews therefore said, See the greatness of his love for [21] him!  2545But 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?  2546And 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.  2547Jesus 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 been2548 four days dead.  2549Jesus said unto her, Did not I say [25] [Arabic, p. 145] unto thee, If thou believest, thou shalt see the glory of God?  2550And they removed those stones.  And Jesus lifted his eyes on high, and said, My Father, [26] I thank thee since thou didst hear me.  2551And 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.  2552And when he had said that, he cried with a [28] loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.  2553And 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] 2554And many of the Jews which came unto Mary, when they saw the deed of Jesus, [30] believed in him.  2555But some of them went to the Pharisees, and informed them of all that Jesus did.

[31] 2556And the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered, and said, What shall we do? [32] for lo, this man doeth many signs.  2557And if we leave him thus, all men will believe [33] in him:  and the Romans will come and take our country and people.  2558And one of them, who was called Caiaphas, the chief priest he was in that year, said unto them, [34] 2559Ye 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.  2560And this he said not of himself:  but because he was the chief priest of2561 that year, he [36] prophesied that Jesus was to die instead of the people; 2562and not instead of the people alone, but that he might gather the scattered children of God together.  [37] 2563And from that day they considered how to kill him.

[38] [Arabic, p. 146] 2564And Jesus did not walk openly amongst the Jews, but departed thence to a place near the wilderness, to a town2565 called Ephraim; and he was there, going [39] about with his disciples.  2566And the passover of the Jews was near:  and many went [40] up from the villages unto Jerusalem before the feast, to purify themselves.  2567And they sought for Jesus, and said one to another in the temple, What think ye of his [41] holding back from the feast?  2568And 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] 2569And when the days of his going up were accomplished, he prepared himself that [43] he might go2570 to Jerusalem.  2571And he sent messengers before him, and departed,2572 and [44] entered into a village2573 of Samaria, that they might make ready for him.  2574And they [45] received him not, because he2575 was prepared for going to Jerusalem.