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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 3 and so the two sisters sent a message to Yeshua saying, “Master, this man that you love is seriously ill.”

4 However, 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.”

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

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

9 And 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. 10 But anyone who walks at night will stumble, because the light is not in them.” 11 And he continued, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I’m going so that I can wake him up.”

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

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

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

11:1: Luk 10:38-39.

11:2: Yhn 12:3.

11 And a_certain man was ailing, Lazaros of Baʸthania of the village of _Maria/(Miryām), and Martha the sister of _her.
2 And Maria was the woman having _anointed the master with _ointment, and having _wiped _off the feet of _him with _the hairs of _her, whose the brother Lazaros was _ailing.
3 Therefore the sisters sent _out to him saying:
master, see, he _whom you _are _loving is _ailing.
4 But having _heard the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) said:
This the sickness not is to death, but for the glory of_ the _god, in _order _that the son of_ the _god may _be _glorified by it.
5 And the Yaʸsous was _loving the Martha, and the sister of _her, and the Lazaros.
6 Therefore when he _heard that he _is _ailing, then indeed he _remained in the_place which he _was two days.
7 Then after this he _is _saying to _the apprentices/followers:
We _may _be _going into the Youdaia again.
8 The Disciples are _saying to _him:
My _great_one, the Youdaiōns were _seeking now to _stone you, and you _are _going there again?
9 Yaʸsous answered are not Twelve, hours of _the day?
If anyone may _be _walking in the day, he _is_ not _stumbling, because he _is _seeing the light of_ the this _world.
10 But if anyone may _be _walking in the night, he _is _stumbling, because the light is not in him.
11 He _said these things, and after this he _is _saying to _them:
Lazaros the the_friend of _us has _been _fallen _asleep, but I _am _going, in _order _that I _may _awaken him.
12 Therefore the apprentices/followers said to _him:
master, if he _has _been _fallen _asleep he _will _be _being _healed.
13 But the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) had _spoken about the death of _him.
But those supposed that he _is _speaking about the sleep of_ the _sleep.
14 Therefore then the Yaʸsous said to _them with _plainness:
Lazaros died _off, 15 and I _am _rejoicing because _of you _all, that not I _was there in _order _that you _all _may _believe, but we _may _be _going to him.
16 Therefore Thōmas which being _called Didumos/[twin] said, to _the fellow-apprentices/followers:
May _be_ we _going also, in _order _that we _may _die _off with him.

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Jesus’ Final Journey to Jerusalem

Much like the difficulties of discerning the Israelites’ journey to the Promised Land (see here), the task of reconciling the four Gospel accounts of Jesus’ final journey to Jerusalem into one coherent itinerary has proven very challenging for Bible scholars. As with many other events during Jesus’ ministry, the accounts of Matthew, Mark, and Luke (often referred to as the Synoptic Gospels) present a noticeably similar account of Jesus’ final travels, while John’s Gospel presents an itinerary that is markedly different from the others. In general, the Synoptic Gospels present Jesus as making a single journey to Jerusalem, beginning in Capernaum (Luke 9:51), passing through Perea (Matthew 19:1-2; Mark 10:1) and Jericho (Matthew 20:29-34; Mark 10:46-52; Luke 18:35-19:10), and ending at Bethany and Bethphage, where he enters Jerusalem riding on a donkey (Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-44). John, on the other hand, mentions several trips to Jerusalem by Jesus (John 2:13-17; 5:1-15; 7:1-13; 10:22-23), followed by a trip to Perea across the Jordan River (John 10:40-42), a return to Bethany where he raises Lazarus from the dead (John 11), a withdrawal to the village of Ephraim for a few months (John 11:54), and a return trip to Bethany, where he then enters Jerusalem riding on a donkey (John 12:1-19). The differences between the Synoptics’ and John’s accounts are noteworthy, but they are not irreconcilable. The Synoptics, after noting that Jesus began his trip at Capernaum, likely condensed their accounts (as occurs elsewhere in the Gospels) to omit Jesus’ initial arrival in Jerusalem and appearance at the Festival of Dedication, thus picking up with Jesus in Perea (stage 2 of John’s itinerary). Then all the Gospels recount Jesus’ trip (back) to Bethany and Jerusalem, passing through Jericho along the way. Likewise, the Synoptics must have simply omitted the few months Jesus spent in Ephraim to escape the Jewish leaders (stage 4 of John’s itinerary) and rejoined John’s account where Jesus is preparing to enter Jerusalem on a donkey.

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