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OET-RV YHN Chapter 11

OETYHN 11 ©

This is still a very early look into the unfinished text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.

11:1 Yeshua is aware of Lazarus’ death from afar

11[ref]Now there was a man called Lazarus who lived in the village of Bethany along with his sisters Martha and Maria. 2[ref](Maria was the one who later poured fragrant oil over Yeshua and wiped his feet with her hair.) But now their brother was seriously ill 3and so the two sisters sent a message to Yeshua saying, “Master, this man that you love is seriously ill.”

4However, when Yeshua got the message he said to those around him, “This sickness won’t end in death but in honour for God, so that his son will also be honoured because of it.

5Now it was true that Yeshua loved the three of them. 6Yet when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed in the place where he was for two more days 7before he said to his followers, “It’s time to head down to Yudea again.

8But they double-checked, “Honoured teacher, the Yudeans wanted to execute you, so do you really want to go back there again?”

9And Yeshua answered, “There are twelve hours of light in the day. Anyone who walks during the daytime doesn’t stumble because he is seeing the light that shines in this world. 10But anyone who walks at night will stumble, because the light is not in them. 11And he continued, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I’m going so that I can wake him up.

12But his followers objected, “Master, it’s good if he’s sleeping because it helps with healing.”

13But Yeshua had spoken about Lazarus’ death—not just normal sleep as they had thought. 14So Yeshua told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead 15and I’m glad that I wasn’t there, because you all will benefit as your faith grows. Anyway, let’s get moving.

16Thomas (nicknamed ‘Twin’) grumbled to the others, “Yeah, we might as well go so that we can get killed as well.”

11:17 Yeshua is the resurrection and the life

17So when they eventually arrived, Lazarus body had already been in the burial chamber for four days. 18The village of Bethany was less than three kilometres from Yerushalem, 19so many of the Yudeans from there had come out to console Martha and Maria after the death of their brother.

20As soon as Martha heard that Yeshua had arrived, she went out to meet him, but Maria stayed behind where she was sitting in the house. 21Martha cried, “Yeshua, master. If you’d been here, my brother wouldn’t have died, 22because I already know that anything that you ask from God, he will give it to you.”

23Yeshua responded, “Your brother will come back to life.

24“Yes, I know that he’ll come back to life at the resurrection on the last day,” said Martha.

25But Yeshua continued, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes that I’m from God, even if they die they’ll still be living, 26and everyone who’s alive and believes that I was sent from God, will not die in the next age.

27Martha replied, “Yes, master, I do believe that you’re the messiah, God’s son, the one sent into this world.”

11:28 Yeshua weeps with his close friends

28After saying this, Martha went and quietly called her sister Maria, “The teacher is on his way and he wants to see you.” 29So Maria quickly got up and went to find him. 30At that stage, Yeshua hadn’t yet come into the village proper, but was still at the edge where Martha had met him. 31The Yudean people who’d been sitting with Maria in sympathy there in the house, when they saw her get up quickly and go out, they assumed that she was going to the cemetery to weep there.

32But when Maria found Yeshua, she knelt at his feet and said, “Master, if you’d been here my brother wouldn’t have died.”

33Now when Yeshua saw her weeping there, along with the others that had followed also weeping, he himself was quite affected and groaned inside, 34but he just asked, “Where has he been laid?

Master, come and see,” they replied.

35Then Yeshua broke down and burst into tears, 36which made the others comment, “See how much he cared about him.”

37But some of them mocked, “This is the man who could make a blind man see again, yet how come he wasn’t able to stop this man from dying!”

11:38 Yeshua calls Lazarus back to life

38So Yeshua who was still holding back sobs, went to the cemetery. Lazarus’ body had been placed in a cave with a stone blocking it, 39and Yeshua instructed them to take away the stone.

Martha (the sister of the dead man) spoke up, “Master, the stink will be bad because it’s already been four days.”

40But Yeshua responded, “Didn’t I tell you that if you would believe, then you would see God’s power? 41So they took the stone away and Yeshua looked upwards and said, “Father, I thank you that you listen to me. 42Actually I know that you always hear me, but I said that for the sake of these people so that they will believe that it was you who sent me here.” 43After saying that, he shouted, “Lazarus, come out! 44Then the man who had died slowly shuffled out—still with linen strips wrapped around his hands and his feet, and a cloth wrapped around his face.

11:45 The leaders create a plan to execute Yeshua

(Mat. 26:1-5, Mark 14:1-2, Luke 22:1-2)

45Because of that, many of the Yudeans believed that Yeshua was from God after having followed Maria and seeing what Yeshua did. 46But others went and told the Pharisee party what Yeshua had done. 47So the chief priests and the Pharisee party called a formal meeting and asked, “What should we do because this man is doing many miracles. 48If we allow him to continue like this, all the crowds will be believing he’s the messiah, and then the Romans will come and destroy both our temple and our governance.”

49But one of them, Caiaphas who was chief priest that year, spoke up, “You don’t know anything. 50Don’t you all realise that its better for all of us if one man dies so that the people and the nation won’t be destroyed?” 51(He didn’t say this from his own thinking, but being chief priest that year, he was announcing God’s message that Yeshua was going to die for the nation, 52and not only for this nation, but for all of God’s children scattered around the world to become united.)

53As a result, from that day on they decided that Yeshua needed to be executed. 54Because of that, Yeshua no longer walked around Yudea in public, but went out to the town of Ephraim out in the wilderness and stayed there with his followers.

55At that time, the Jewish Passover celebrations were approaching, and many people from the regions went to Yerushalem ahead of the celebrations to purify themselves. 56They were looking out for Yeshua and as they stood around in the temple, they asked each other, “What do you think? Surely he won’t come to the celebrations.” 57The chief priests and the Pharisee party had already announced that if anyone knew where Yeshua was, they must inform them so that they could arrest him.


11:1: Luk 10:38-39.

11:2: Yhn 12:3.

OETYHN 11 ©

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