Lectio 11.1.24 and Reflections

John 11:32-44/ New International Version
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?”
³⁸ Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. ³⁹ “Take away the stone,” he said.
Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”
“But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”
⁴⁰ Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
⁴¹ So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. ⁴² I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
⁴³ When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” ⁴⁴ The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.
 
John 11:32-44/ The Message
Mary came to where Jesus was waiting and fell at his feet, saying, “Master, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
^33-34 When Jesus saw her sobbing and the Jews with her sobbing, a deep anger welled up within him. He said, “Where did you put him?”
^34-35 “Master, come and see,” they said. Now Jesus wept.
³⁶ The Jews said, “Look how deeply he loved him.”
³⁷ Others among them said, “Well, if he loved him so much, why didn’t he do something to keep him from dying? After all, he opened the eyes of a blind man.”
^38-39 Then Jesus, the anger again welling up within him, arrived at the tomb. It was a simple cave in the hillside with a slab of stone laid against it. Jesus said, “Remove the stone.”
The sister of the dead man, Martha, said, “Master, by this time there’s a stench. He’s been dead four days!”
⁴⁰ Jesus looked her in the eye. “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
^41-42 Then, to the others, “Go ahead, take away the stone.”
They removed the stone. Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and prayed, “Father, I’m grateful that you have listened to me. I know you always do listen, but on account of this crowd standing here I’ve spoken so that they might believe that you sent me.”
^43-44 Then he shouted, “Lazarus, come out!” And he came out, a cadaver, wrapped from head to toe, and with a kerchief over his face.
Jesus told them, “Unwrap him and let him loose.”
 
 
John 11:32-44 – First Nations Translation
When Healing Tears (Mary) found Creator Sets Free (Jesus), she crumpled at his feet and wept.
“Wisdomkeeper!” she said as tears ran down her face. “If only you had been here, my brother would still be alive.”
Creator Sets Free (Jesus) stood there watching Healing Tears (Mary) weeping at his feet. He looked around and saw all the Tribal Members who came with her also weeping. A deep anguish began to well up inside him, and he was troubled in his spirit.
He cried out, “Where did they bury him?”
“Wisdomkeeper, come with us,” they said to him. “We will show you.”
Creator Sets Free (Jesus) wept.
When the Tribal Members saw his tears, some said, “See how deeply he cared for him!”
But others said, “If this man could open the eyes of a blind man, why could he not have kept this man from dying?”
Creator Sets Free (Jesus), still deep in anguish, found his way to the family burial place. It was a cave, and a large stone blocked the entrance.
Creator Sets Free (Jesus) cried out, “Take away the stone!”
Head Woman (Martha) whispered to him, “Wisdomkeeper, he has been dead four days. There will be a terrible smell.”
He looked at her and said, “Do you not remember what I told you? If you believed, you would see the shining-greatness of the Great Spirit.”
Head Woman (Martha) could say nothing. She watched as they rolled the stone away from the burial cave.
Creator Sets Free (Jesus)turned his eyes upward toward the sky and said, “I thank you, Father, that you have already heard my prayers and always listen to me. The reason I saw this out loud is so that all who are standing around me can hear and believe that you sent me.
The men and women gathered there stood silently, listening to his prayer.
Then the voice of Creator Sets Free (Jesus) pierced the silence as he cried out in a oud voice, “Creator Helps Him (Lazarus), come out of there!”
The sound of his voice echoed from out of the burial cave and then faded into the distance. The people looked at Creator Sets Free (Jesus) and then back to the cave. No one dated say anything, so they all waited. Then suddenly, gasps could be heard from the crowd. There was movement in the cave!
Creator Helps Him (Lazarus) came stumbling out of the burial cave with his ceremonial wrappings still clinging to his head, hands, and feet.
He was alive!
Creator Sets Free (Jesus) told the people. “Take off his wrappings and set him free!”
Head woman (Martha) and Healing Tears (Mary) wept for joy as they tore the ceremonial wrappings from their brother. They could not stop hugging and kissing him! All the people were full of joy and began to celebrate.