John 11:6-49

⁶After he hearde that he was sicke then aboode he two dayes still in the same place where he was.

⁷Then after that sayd he to his disciples: let us goo into Iewry agayne.

⁸His disciples sayde vnto him. Master the Iewes lately sought meanes to stone the and wilt thou goo thyther agayne?

⁹Iesus answered: are ther not twelve houres in the daye? Yf a man walke in the daye he stombleth not because he seith the lyght of this worlde.

¹⁰But yf a man walke in the nyght he stombleth because ther is no lyght in him.

¹¹This sayde he and after that he sayde vnto the: oure frende Lazarus slepeth but I goo to wake him out of slepe.

¹²Then sayde his disciples: Lorde yf he slepe he shall do well ynough.

¹³How be it Iesus spake of his deeth: but they thought that he had spoke of the naturall slepe.

¹⁴Then sayde Iesus vnto the playnly Lazarus is deed

¹⁵and I am glad for youre sakes that I was not there because ye maye beleve. Neverthelesse let vs go vnto him.

¹⁶Then sayde Thomas which is called Dydimus vnto the disciples: let vs also goo that we maye dye with him.

¹⁷Then went Iesus and founde that he had lyne in his grave foure dayes already.

¹⁸Bethanie was nye vnto Ierusalem aboute. xv. furlonges of

¹⁹and many of the Iewes were come to Martha and Mary to comforte them over their brother.

²⁰Martha assone as she hearde that Iesus was comynge went and met him: but Mary sate still in the housse.

²¹Then sayde Martha vnto Iesus: Lorde yf thou haddest bene here my brother had not bene deed:

²²but neverthelesse I knowe that whatsoever thou axest of God God will geve it the.

²³Iesus sayde vnto her: Thy brother shall ryse agayne.

²⁴Martha sayde vnto him: I knowe that he shall ryse agayne in the resurreccion at the last daye.

²⁵Iesus sayde vnto her: I am the resurreccion and the lyfe: He that beleveth on me ye though he were deed yet shall he lyve.

²⁶And whosoever lyveth and belevest on me shall never dye. Beleveth thou this?

²⁷She sayde vnto him: ye Lorde I beleve that thou arte Christ the sonne of god which shuld come into the worlde.

²⁸And assone as she had so sayde she went her waye and called Marie her sister secretly sayinge: The master is come and calleth for the

²⁹And she assone as she hearde that arose quickly and came vnto him.

³⁰Iesus was not yet come into the toune: but was in the place where Martha met him.

³¹The Iewes then which were with her in the housse and comforted her when they sawe Mary that she rose vp hastely and went out folowed her saying: She goeth vnto the grave to wepe there.

³²Then when Mary was come where Iesus was and sawe him she fell doune at his fete sayinge vnto him: Lorde yf thou haddest bene here my brother had not bene deed.

³³When Iesus sawe her wepe and the Iewes also wepe which came with her he groned in the sprete and was troubled in him selfe and sayde:

³⁴Where have ye layed him? They sayde vnto him: Lorde come and se.

³⁵And Iesus wept.

³⁶Then sayde the Iewes: Beholde howe he loved him.

³⁷And some of the sayde: coulde not he which openned the eyes of the blynde have made also that this man shuld not have dyed?

³⁸Iesus agayne groned in him selfe and came to the grave. It was a caue and a stone layde on it.

³⁹And Iesus sayd: take ye awaye the stone. Martha the sister of him that was deed sayd vnto him: Lorde by this tyme he stinketh. For he hath bene deed foure dayes:

⁴⁰Iesus sayde vnto her: Sayde I not vnto the that if thou didest beleve thou shuldest se the glory of God.

⁴¹Then they toke awaye the stone from the place where the deed was layde. And Iesus lyfte vp his eyes and sayde: Father I thanke the because that thou hast hearde me.

⁴²I wot that thou hearest me all wayes: but because of the people that stonde by I sayde it that they maye beleve that thou hast sent me.

⁴³And when he thus had spoken he cryed with a loud voyce. Lazarus come forthe.

⁴⁴And he that was deed came forth bounde hand and fote with grave bondes and his face was bounde with a napkin. Iesus sayde vnto the: loowse him and let him goo.

⁴⁵Then many of the Iewes which came to Mary and had sene the thinges which Iesus dyd beleved on him.

⁴⁶But some of them went their wayes to the Pharises and tolde them what Iesus had done.

⁴⁷Then gadered the hye prestes and the Pharises a counsell and sayde: what do we? This man doeth many miracles.

⁴⁸Yf we let him scape thus all men will beleve on him and the Romaynes shall come and take awaye oure countre and the people.

⁴⁹And one of them named Cayphas which was the hieprest that same yeare sayde vnto them: Ye perceave nothinge at all