John · Free Bible Version (Spanish)
John 11 Free Bible Version (Spanish)
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1 Un hombre llamado Lázaro estaba enfermo. Él vivía en Betania con sus hermanas María y Marta.
1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
2 María fue la que ungió al Señor con perfume y secó sus pies con su cabello. El que estaba enfermo era su hermano Lázaro.
2 It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
3 Entonces las hermanas enviaron un mensaje a Jesús: “Señor, tu amigo está enfermo”.
3 The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”
4 Cuando Jesús escuchó la noticia dijo: “El resultado final de esta enfermedad no será la muerte. A través de esto, será revelada la gloria de Dios, a fin de que el Hijo de Dios sea glorificado”.
4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”
5 Aunque Jesús amaba a Marta, María y Lázaro,
5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 y aunque había escuchado que Lázaro estaba enfermo, se quedó en el lugar donde estaba durante dos días más.
6 When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.
7 Entonces le dijo a los discípulos: “Regresemos a Judea”.
7 Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let’s go into Judea again.”
8 Los discípulos respondieron: “Maestro, hace apenas unos días los judíos estaban tratando de apedrearte. ¿Realmente quieres regresar allá ahora?”
8 The disciples asked him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you. Are you going there again?”
9 “¿Acaso no tiene doce horas el día?” respondió Jesús.
9 Jesus answered, “Aren’t there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
10 “Si la gente camina durante el día, no se tropieza porque puede ver hacia dónde va, gracias a la luz de este mundo. Pero si camina por la noche, se tropieza porque no hay luz”.
10 But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn’t in him.”
11 Después de decirles esto, les dijo: “Nuestro amigo Lázaro se ha dormido, ¡pero yo voy para despertarlo!”
11 He said these things, and after that, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep.”
12 Los discípulos dijeron: “Señor, si está durmiendo, se pondrá mejor”.
12 The disciples therefore said, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”
13 Jesús se había estado refiriendo a la muerte de Lázaro, pero los discípulos pensaban que él se refería realmente al acto de dormir.
13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.
14 Así que Jesús les dijo claramente: “Lázaro está muerto.
14 So Jesus said to them plainly then, “Lazarus is dead.
15 Me alegro por ustedes de que yo no estaba allí, porque ahora ustedes podrán creer en mí. Vayamos y veámoslo”.
15 I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let’s go to him.”
16 Tomás, el gemelo, dijo a sus condiscípulos: “Vayamos también para que muramos con él”.
16 Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s also go, that we may die with him.”
17 Cuando Jesús llegó, se enteró de que Lázaro había estado en la tumba por cuatro días.
17 So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
18 Betania estaba apenas a dos millas de Jerusalén,
18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.
19 y muchos judíos habían venido a consolar a María y Marta ante la pérdida de su hermano.
19 Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.
20 Cuando Marta supo que Jesús venía, salió a su encuentro, pero María se quedó en casa.
20 Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house.
21 Marta le dijo a Jesús: “Señor, si hubieras estado aquí, mi hermano no habría muerto.
21 Therefore Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.
22 Pero estoy segura de que incluso ahora Dios te concederá cualquier cosa que le pidas”.
22 Even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.”
23 Jesús le dijo: “Tu hermano se levantará de nuevo”.
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 “Sé que se levantará en la resurrección, en el día final”, respondió Marta.
24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 Jesús dijo: “Yo soy la resurrección y la vida. Aquellos que creen en mí, vivirán aunque mueran.
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
26 Todos los que viven en mí y creen en mí, no morirán jamás. ¿Crees esto?”
26 Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
27 “Sí, Señor”, respondió ella, “Yo creo que eres el Mesías, el Hijo de Dios, el que esperábamos que viniera al mundo”.
27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God’s Son, he who comes into the world.”
28 Cuando ella terminó de decir esto, fue y le dijo a su hermana María, en privado: “El Maestro está aquí y ha dicho que quiere verte”.
28 When she had said this, she went away and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, “The Teacher is here and is calling you.”
29 Tan pronto escuchó esto, María se levantó y fue a verlo.
29 When she heard this, she arose quickly and went to him.
30 Jesús todavía no había llegado a la aldea. Aún estaba en el lugar donde Marta lo había ido a recibir.
30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.
31 Los judíos que habían estado consolando a María en la casa vieron cómo ella se levantó rápidamente y salió. Entonces la siguieron, pensado que se dirigía a la tumba a llorar.
31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”
32 Cuando María llegó al lugar donde estaba Jesús y lo vio, se postró a sus pies y dijo: “Señor, si hubieras estado aquí, mi hermano no habría muerto”.
32 Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.”
33 Cuando la vio llorando a ella y a los judíos que habían venido con ella, Jesús se sintió atribulado y triste.
33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit and was troubled,
34 “¿Dónde lo han puesto?” preguntó él. Ellos respondieron: “Señor, ven y ve”.
34 and said, “Where have you laid him?” They told him, “Lord, come and see.”
35 Entonces Jesús también lloró.
35 Jesus wept.
36 “Miren cuánto lo amaba”, dijeron los judíos.
36 The Jews therefore said, “See how much affection he had for him!”
37 Pero algunos de ellos decían: “Si pudo abrir los ojos de un hombre ciego, ¿no podía haber impedido la muerte de Lázaro?”
37 Some of them said, “Couldn’t this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?”
38 Muy atribulado, Jesús se dirigió a la tumba. Era una cueva con una gran piedra que tapaba la entrada.
38 Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
39 “Quiten la piedra”, les dijo Jesús. Pero Marta, la hermana del difunto, dijo: “Señor, en este momento ya debe haber mal olor porque él ha estado muerto por cuatro días”.
39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”
40 “¿No te dije que si crees en mi verás la Gloria de Dios?” respondió Jesús.
40 Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see God’s glory?”
41 Entonces quitaron la piedra. Jesús levantó su mirada hacia el cielo y dijo: “Padre, gracias por escucharme.
41 So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you listened to me.
42 Yo sé que siempre me escuchas. Dije esto por causa de la multitud que está aquí, a fin de que crean que tú me enviaste”.
42 I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude standing around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me.”
43 Después de decir esto, Jesús dijo en voz alta: “¡Lázaro, sal de ahí!”
43 When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
44 El difunto salió. Sus manos y sus pies estaban envueltos con tiras de lino, y su cabeza estaba envuelta con un paño. “Quítenle las vendas y déjenlo ir”, les dijo Jesús.
44 He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Free him, and let him go.”
45 Como consecuencia de esto, muchos de los judíos que habían venido a consolar a María y que vieron lo que Jesús hizo, creyeron en él.
45 Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did believed in him.
46 Pero otros fueron donde los fariseos y les contaron lo que Jesús había hecho.
46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.
47 Entonces el jefe de los sacerdotes y los fariseos convocaron una reunión del Concilio Supremo. “¿Qué haremos?” preguntaban. “Este hombre está haciendo muchos milagros.
47 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What are we doing? For this man does many signs.
48 Si dejamos que siga, todos creerán en él, y entonces los romanos destruirán tanto el Templo como nuestra nación”.
48 If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
49 “¡Ustedes no entienden nada!” dijo Caifás, quien era el Sumo sacerdote en ese año.
49 But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,
50 “¿Acaso no se dan cuenta de que es mejor para ustedes que un solo hombre muera por el pueblo y no que toda la nación sea destruida?”
50 nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”
51 Él no decía esto por su propia cuenta, sino que como Sumo sacerdote en ese año, él estaba profetizando que Jesús moriría por la nación.
51 Now he didn’t say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
52 Y no solo por la nación judía, sino por todos los hijos de Dios que estaban esparcidos, a fin de que volvieran a reunirse y ser un solo pueblo.
52 and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
53 A partir de ese momento, ellos conspiraban sobre cómo podían matar a Jesús.
53 So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.
54 De modo que Jesús no viajaba de manera pública entre los judíos sino que se fue a una ciudad llamada Efraín, en la región cercana al desierto, y permaneció allí con sus discípulos.
54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples.
55 Ya casi era la fecha de la celebración de la Pascua judía, y mucha gente se fue del campo hasta Jerusalén para purificarse para la Pascua.
55 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
56 La gente buscaba a Jesús y hablaban de él mientras estaban en el Templo. “¿Qué piensan de esto?” se preguntaban unos a otros. “¿Será que no vendrá a la fiesta?”
56 Then they sought for Jesus and spoke with one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think—that he isn’t coming to the feast at all?”
57 Los jefes de los sacerdotes y los fariseos habían dado la orden de que cualquiera que supiera dónde estaba Jesús debía informarles para así poder arrestarlo.
57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Lazarus
A man of Bethany, brother of Mary and Martha, whom Jesus loved and raised from the dead and who was later at table with Him.
Cited in the guide: John 11:1; John 11:5; John 12:1
Martha
A woman of Bethany who received Jesus into her home, was distracted with serving, and whose brother Lazarus Jesus raised.
Cited in the guide: Luke 10:38; John 11:1; John 11:5
Mary
Sister of Martha and Lazarus of Bethany, who sat at Jesus' feet to listen and who anointed the Lord's feet with perfume and wiped them with her hair.
Cited in the guide: Luke 10:39; John 11:1; John 11:2
Thomas
One of the Twelve, called Didymus, who said 'Let us also go, so that we may die with Him', was absent when Jesus first appeared, and was among those who fished with the disciples…
Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:3; John 11:16; John 20:24
Places
Bethany
Bethany was Jesus' lodging near Jerusalem during Passion week and the home of Lazarus. Luke sets the Ascension close by.
Cited in the guide: John 11:1; John 12:1; Luke 24:50
Cross references (56)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 John 12:17; Luke 10:38–42; John 12:9; 2 Kings 20:1–12; John 11:11
- 2 John 12:3; Matthew 26:6–7; Mark 14:3; Luke 7:37–38
- 3 John 11:5; Revelation 3:19; Hebrews 12:6–7; John 13:23; Psalm 16:3
- 4 John 11:40; John 9:3; 1 Peter 4:14; John 5:23; John 17:5
- 5 John 15:9–13; John 11:36; John 17:26; John 16:27; John 11:8
- 6 Isaiah 30:18; Isaiah 55:8–9; Genesis 42:24; Genesis 22:14; Genesis 43:29–31
- 7 Acts 20:22–24; Acts 15:36; Luke 9:51; John 10:40–42
- 8 John 10:31; John 8:59; Acts 21:12–13; Matthew 16:21–23; John 10:39
- 9 John 9:4; John 12:35; Jeremiah 31:9; Luke 13:31–33; Proverbs 3:23
- 10 Proverbs 4:18–19; 1 John 2:10–11; Jeremiah 13:16; Jeremiah 20:11; Ecclesiastes 2:14
- 11 Daniel 12:2; John 11:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:10; John 11:43–44; Matthew 27:52
- 13 Matthew 9:24
- 14 John 16:25; John 16:29; John 10:24
- 15 2 Timothy 2:10; John 14:10–11; 1 John 5:13; John 11:4; Isaiah 54:15
- 16 John 13:37; Matthew 26:35; Matthew 10:3; Luke 6:15; Mark 3:18
- 17 John 11:39; Hosea 6:2; Acts 2:27–31; John 2:19
- 18 Luke 24:13; Revelation 14:20; John 11:1; Revelation 21:16; John 6:19
- 19 Job 2:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:11; John 11:31; 2 Corinthians 1:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:18
- 20 1 Thessalonians 4:17; Luke 10:38–42; Matthew 25:1; John 11:30; Acts 10:25
- 21 John 11:32; Matthew 9:18; 1 Kings 17:18; Psalm 78:19; John 11:37
- 22 John 9:31; John 11:41–42; Mark 9:23; Matthew 28:18; Hebrews 11:17–19
- 23 John 11:43–44
- 24 Daniel 12:2–3; Acts 24:15; John 5:28–29; Isaiah 26:19; Acts 17:31–32
- 25 1 Thessalonians 4:14; John 3:36; 1 John 5:11–12; John 1:4; Romans 8:10–11
- 26 John 10:28; John 5:24; Romans 8:13; 1 John 5:10–12; John 8:51–53
- 27 Matthew 16:16; John 6:14; John 6:69; Malachi 3:1; 1 John 5:1
- 28 John 13:13; John 11:20; Mark 10:49; John 20:16; 1 Thessalonians 4:17–18
- 29 Psalm 27:8; Proverbs 15:23; Song of Songs 3:1–4; Psalm 119:59–60; Proverbs 27:17
- 30 John 11:20
- 31 John 11:19; 2 Samuel 12:16–18; Genesis 37:35; 1 Corinthians 2:15
- 32 John 11:21; Luke 5:8; Luke 17:16; Luke 8:41; Revelation 5:14
- 33 John 11:38; John 12:27; Mark 3:5; Romans 12:15; Genesis 43:30–31
- 34 Matthew 28:6; John 20:2; Mark 16:6; Mark 15:47; John 1:39
- 35 Luke 19:41; Hebrews 4:15; John 11:33; Isaiah 53:3; Psalm 119:136
- 36 John 11:3; 1 John 3:1; Revelation 1:5; 1 John 4:9–10; Ephesians 5:2
- 37 John 9:6–7; Psalm 78:19–20; John 11:32; Luke 23:35; Matthew 27:40–42
- 38 John 11:33; Matthew 27:60; Luke 24:2; Genesis 23:19; Isaiah 22:16
- 39 John 11:17; Psalm 49:7; Mark 16:3; Philippians 3:21; Genesis 3:19
- 40 John 11:4; John 11:23–26; Romans 4:17–25; Psalm 63:2; John 1:14
- 41 Matthew 11:25; John 17:1; Psalm 123:1; Philippians 4:6; Luke 10:21
- 42 John 3:17; John 17:21; Hebrews 7:25; 1 John 4:14; Hebrews 5:7
- 43 2 Kings 4:33–36; Acts 9:40; Acts 9:34; Luke 7:14–15; 1 Kings 17:21–22
- 44 John 5:25; John 20:7; John 11:25–26; Luke 7:15; John 5:21
- 45 John 11:19; John 2:23; John 12:42; John 12:17–19; John 7:31
- 46 Luke 16:30–31; John 9:13; Acts 5:25; John 5:15–16; John 12:37
- 47 Matthew 26:3; Acts 4:16–17; Matthew 5:22; Acts 4:5–6; John 2:11
- 48 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16; Daniel 9:26–27; Matthew 23:35–38; Zechariah 14:1–2; Matthew 27:25
- 49 Proverbs 26:12; Matthew 26:3; John 18:13–14; John 11:51; Luke 3:2
- 50 John 18:14; Luke 24:46; Romans 3:8; John 19:12; John 11:48
- 51 2 Corinthians 5:21; Daniel 9:26; 1 Samuel 23:9; Matthew 20:28; Exodus 28:30
- 52 John 10:16; Isaiah 49:6; 1 John 2:2; 1 Peter 1:1; Ephesians 1:9–10
- 53 Acts 5:33; Acts 9:23; Psalm 2:2; Matthew 26:59; John 11:47
- 54 John 7:1; John 7:4; 2 Chronicles 13:19; John 7:13; John 18:20
- 55 2 Chronicles 30:17–20; Hebrews 9:13–14; John 2:13; Exodus 19:10; John 6:4
- 56 John 7:11; John 11:7–8
- 57 Psalm 109:4; John 10:39; John 9:22; John 5:16–18; John 8:59
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What the Fathers said
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Among all the miracles wrought by our Lord Jesus Christ, the resurrection of Lazarus holds a foremost place in preaching. But if we consider attentively who did it, our duty is to rejoice rather than to wonder.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
Many men, when they see any of those who are pleasing to God suffering anything terrible, as, for instance, having fallen into sickness, or poverty, and any other the like, are offended, not knowing that to those especially dear to God it belongeth to endure these things; since Lazarus also was one of the friends of Christ, and was sick.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
Then, when He had raised Lazarus from the dead, and plots were formed against Him by the Pharisees, He withdrew to a city called Ephraim; and from that place, as it is written "He came to Bethany six days before the passover," and going up from Bethany to Jerusalem, He there ate the passover, and suffered on the day following.
When, therefore, we read in the Gospel that the hard-heartedness of the Jews moved Him to sorrowful indignation, that He said, "I am glad for your sakes, to the intent ye may believe," that when about to raise Lazarus He even shed tears, that He earnestly desired to eat the passover with His disciples, that as His passion drew near …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… Lazarus, added also a prayer; and then, lest this should make Him appear less than Him that begat Him, He, to correct this suspicion, added, "I said these things, because of the people which standeth by, that they may believe that thou hast sent me." And neither doth He work all things as one who acted by His own power, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)