GOSPEL 19:1-13
The Mourning of Lazarus
THE MOURNING OF LAZARUS
19 1Now, Lazarus, a friend of Jesus, had become sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2So the sisters sent word to Jesus: “Lord, one whom you love is sick!” 3Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he said to his disciples, “We must go back!”
4On his arrival, however, Jesus found that Lazarus had already passed away and been in the tomb for four days.
5Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, and many came to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. 6When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, though Mary stayed at home.
7“Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “I know he will rise again at his resurrection.”
8When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Judeans who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply shaken and became choked up. “Where have you buried him?” he asked.
9“Come and see, lord,” they replied.
10So Jesus, deeply moved, went to the tomb.
11Jesus wept.
12Then the Judeans said, “Look how much he loved him.”
13After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray. And when night fell, he remained there all by himself.
THE MOURNING OF LAZARUS
19 1Ἦν δέ τις ἀσθενῶν, Λάζαρος ἀπὸ Βηθανίας, φίλος τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, ἐκ τῆς κώμης Μαρίας καὶ Μάρθας τῆς ἀδελφῆς αὐτῆς. 2ἀπέστειλαν οὖν αἱ ἀδελφαὶ πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγουσαι· Κύριε, ἴδε ὃν φιλεῖς ἀσθενεῖ. 3ἠγάπα δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὴν Μάρθαν καὶ τὴν ἀδελφὴν αὐτῆς καὶ τὸν Λάζαρον. ὡς οὖν ἤκουσεν ὅτι ἀσθενεῖ, τότε μὲν μετὰ τοῦτο λέγει τοῖς μαθηταῖς· Ἄγωμεν πάλιν.
4ἐλθὼν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εὗρεν αὐτὸν τέσσαρας ἤδη ἡμέρας ἔχοντα ἐν τῷ μνημείῳ. 5ἦν δὲ ἡ Βηθανία ἐγγὺς τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων ὡς ἀπὸ σταδίων δεκαπέντε. πολλοὶ δὲ ἐληλύθεισαν πρὸς τὴν Μάρθαν καὶ Μαριὰμ ἵνα παραμυθήσωνται αὐτὰς περὶ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ.
6ἡ οὖν Μάρθα ὡς ἤκουσεν ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἔρχεται ὑπήντησεν αὐτῷ· Μαριὰμ δὲ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ ἐκαθέζετο. 7εἶπεν οὖν ἡ Μάρθα πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν· Κύριε, οἶδα ὅτι ἀναστήσεται ἐν τῇ ἀναστάσει αὐτοῦ. 8Ἰησοῦς οὖν ὡς εἶδεν αὐτὴν κλαίουσαν καὶ τοὺς συνελθόντας αὐτῇ Ἰουδαίους κλαίοντας, ἐνεβριμήσατο τῷ πνεύ-ματι καὶ ἐτάραξεν ἑαυτὸν καὶ εἶπεν· Ποῦ τεθείκατε αὐτόν; 9λέγουσιν αὐτῷ· Κύριε, ἔρχου καὶ ἴδε. 10Ἰησοῦς οὖν ἐμβριμώμενος ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἔρχεται εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον·
11ἐδάκρυσεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς.
12ἔλεγον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι· Ἴδε πῶς ἐφίλει αὐτόν. 13καὶ ἀποταξάμενος αὐτοῖς ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὸ ὄρος προσεύξασθαι. ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης μόνος ἦν ἐκεῖ.