11:17 耶穌到了，就知道拉撒路在墳墓裡已經四天了。
11:18 伯大尼離耶路撒冷不遠，約有六里路。
11:19 有好些猶太人來看馬大和馬利亞，要為她們的兄弟安慰她們。
11:20 馬大聽見耶穌來了，就出去迎接他；馬利亞卻仍然坐在家裡。
11:21 馬大對耶穌說：「主啊，你若早在這裡，我兄弟必不死。
11:22 就是現在，我也知道，你無論向上帝求甚麼，上帝也必賜給你。」
11:23 耶穌說：「你兄弟必然復活。」
11:24 馬大說：「我知道在末日復活的時候，他必復活。」
11:25 耶穌對她說：「復活在我，生命也在我。信我的人雖然死了，也必復活；
11:26 凡活著信我的人必永遠不死。你信這話嗎？」
11:27 馬大說：「主啊，是的，我信你是基督，是上帝的兒子，就是那要臨到世界的。」
11:28 馬大說了這話，就回去暗暗地叫她妹子馬利亞，說：「夫子來了，叫你。」
11:29 馬利亞聽見了，就急忙起來，到耶穌那裡去。
11:30 那時，耶穌還沒有進村子，仍在馬大迎接他的地方。
11:31 那些同馬利亞在家裡安慰她的猶太人，見她急忙起來出去，就跟著她，以為她要往墳墓那裡去哭。
11:32 馬利亞到了耶穌那裡，看見他，就俯伏在他腳前，說：「主啊，你若早在這裡，我兄弟必不死。」
11:33 耶穌看見她哭，並看見與她同來的猶太人也哭，就心裡悲歎，又甚憂愁，
11:34 便說：「你們把他安放在哪裡？」他們回答說：「請主來看。」
11:35 耶穌哭了。
11:36 猶太人就說：「你看他愛這人是何等懇切。」
11:37 其中有人說：「他既然開了瞎子的眼睛，豈不能叫這人不死嗎？」
17 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18 Now Bethany was less than two miles[b] from Jerusalem, 19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.
21 “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
28 After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.” 29 When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. 31 When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
32 When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. 34 “Where have you laid him?” he asked.
“Come and see, Lord,” they replied.
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
37 But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
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主耶穌來到伯大尼時，就知道拉撒路在墳墓裡已經四天了，可見已經斷氣了一段時間了。然而這時候碰見姊姊馬大，她對耶穌說：「主啊，你若早在這裡，我兄弟必不死。就是現在，我也知道，你無論向上帝求甚麼，上帝也必賜給你。」
主耶穌馬上回答說：「你兄弟必然復活。」
但是，馬大卻腦筋轉不過來，以為是信仰上的復活，她說：「我知道在末日復活的時候，他必復活。」
主耶穌要讓她知道現在就是末日，就直接向她說：「復活在我，生命也在我。信我的人雖然死了，也必復活；凡活著信我的人必永遠不死。你信這話嗎？」
馬大可能拗不過主耶穌，只好說：「主啊，是的，我信你是基督，是上帝的兒子，就是那要臨到世界的。」
主耶穌接著看見拉撒路的另一位姊妹馬利亞，俯伏在祂腳前，說：「主啊，你若早在這裡，我兄弟必不死。」
大家的心還是沉浸在拉撒路死了，以後再也回不來的心態中，將希望寄託在渺茫的末世中
(當然我們對末世不是渺茫是實在的）！
主耶穌在此感到人的悲嘆，因為人對末世之上帝國的實現看為渺茫，甚至不可能感到悲傷，所以「耶穌哭了」！
其實今日，不管基督徒或是非基督徒，都是看上帝國的實現微渺茫不可確定，這也是非常可悲之處！
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