Textus Receptus Bibles
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
| 11:1 | And a certaine man was sicke, named Lazarus of Bethania, the towne of Marie, and her sister Martha. |
| 11:2 | (And it was that Mary which anointed the Lord with oyntment, and wiped his feete with her heare, whose brother Lazarus was sicke.) |
| 11:3 | Therefore his sisters sent vnto him, saying, Lord, beholde, he whome thou louest, is sicke. |
| 11:4 | When Iesus heard it, he saide, This sickenes is not vnto death, but for the glorie of God, that the Sonne of God might be glorified thereby. |
| 11:5 | Nowe Iesus loued Martha and her sister, and Lazarus. |
| 11:6 | And after he had heard that he was sicke, yet abode hee two dayes still in the same place where he was. |
| 11:7 | Then after that, said he to his disciples, Let vs goe into Iudea againe. |
| 11:8 | The disciples saide vnto him, Master, the Iewes lately sought to stone thee, and doest thou goe thither againe? |
| 11:9 | Iesus answered, Are there not twelue houres in the day? If a man walke in the day, hee stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. |
| 11:10 | But if a man walke in the night, hee stumbleth, because there is no light in him. |
| 11:11 | These things spake he, and after, he said vnto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth: but I goe to wake him vp. |
| 11:12 | Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleepe, he shalbe safe. |
| 11:13 | Howbeit, Iesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of the naturall sleepe. |
| 11:14 | Then saide Iesus vnto them plainely, Lazarus is dead. |
| 11:15 | And I am glad for your sakes, that I was not there, that ye may beleeue: but let vs go vnto him. |
| 11:16 | Then saide Thomas (which is called Didymus) vnto his felow disciples, Let vs also goe, that we may die with him. |
| 11:17 | Then came Iesus, and found that he had lien in the graue foure dayes alreadie. |
| 11:18 | (Nowe Bethania was neere vnto Hierusalem, about fifteene furlongs off.) |
| 11:19 | And many of ye Iewes were come to Martha and Marie to comfort them for their brother. |
| 11:20 | Then Martha, when shee heard that Iesus was comming, went to meete him: but Mary sate still in the house. |
| 11:21 | Then said Martha vnto Iesus, Lord, if thou hadst bene here, my brother had not bene dead. |
| 11:22 | But now I know also, that whatsoeuer thou askest of God, God will giue it thee. |
| 11:23 | Iesus said vnto her, Thy brother shall rise againe. |
| 11:24 | Martha said vnto him, I know that he shall rise againe in the resurrection at the last day. |
| 11:25 | Iesus saide vnto her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that beleeueth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he liue. |
| 11:26 | And whosoeuer liueth, and beleeueth in me, shall neuer die: Beleeuest thou this? |
| 11:27 | She said vnto him, Yea, Lord, I beleeue that thou art that Christ that Sonne of God, which should come into the world. |
| 11:28 | And when she had so saide, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee. |
| 11:29 | And when she heard it, shee arose quickly, and came vnto him. |
| 11:30 | For Iesus was not yet come into the towne, but was in the place where Martha met him. |
| 11:31 | The Iewes then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they sawe Marie, that she rose vp hastily, and went out, folowed her, saying, She goeth vnto the graue, to weepe there. |
| 11:32 | Then when Mary was come where Iesus was, and sawe him, she fell downe at his feete, saying vnto him, Lord, if thou haddest bene here, my brother had not bene dead. |
| 11:33 | When Iesus therefore saw her weepe, and the Iewes also weepe which came with her, hee groned in the spirit, and was troubled in himselfe, |
| 11:34 | And saide, Where haue ye layde him? They said vnto him, Lord, come and see. |
| 11:35 | And Iesus wept. |
| 11:36 | Then saide the Iewes, Beholde, how he loued him. |
| 11:37 | And some of them saide, Coulde not he, which opened the eyes of the blinde, haue made also, that this man should not haue died? |
| 11:38 | Iesus therefore againe groned in himselfe, and came to the graue. And it was a caue, and a stone was layde vpon it. |
| 11:39 | Iesus saide, Take ye away the stone. Martha the sister of him that was dead, said vnto him, Lord, he stinketh alreadie: for he hath bene dead foure dayes. |
| 11:40 | Iesus saide vnto her, Saide I not vnto thee, that if thou diddest beleeue, thou shouldest see the glorie of God? |
| 11:41 | Then they tooke away the stone from the place where the dead was layde. And Iesus lift vp his eyes, and saide, Father, I thanke thee, because thou hast heard me. |
| 11:42 | I knowe that thou hearest me alwayes, but because of the people that stand by, I said it, that they may beleeue, that thou hast sent me. |
| 11:43 | As hee had spoken these things, hee cried with a loude voyce, Lazarus, come foorth. |
| 11:44 | Then he that was dead, came forth, bound hande and foote with bandes, and his face was bound with a napkin. Iesus said vnto them, Loose him, and let him goe. |
| 11:45 | Then many of the Iewes, which came to Mary, and had seene the thinges, which Iesus did, beleeued in him. |
| 11:46 | But some of them went their way to the Pharises, and told them what things Iesus had done. |
| 11:47 | Then gathered the hie Priests, and the Pharises a councill, and said, What shall we doe? For this man doeth many miracles. |
| 11:48 | If we let him thus alone, all men will beleeue in him, and the Romanes will come and take away both our place, and the nation. |
| 11:49 | Then one of them named Caiaphas, which was the hie Priest that same yere, said vnto them, Ye perceiue nothing at all, |
| 11:50 | Nor yet doe you consider that it is expedient for vs, that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. |
| 11:51 | This spake hee not of himselfe: but being hie Priest that same yere, he prophecied that Iesus should die for that nation: |
| 11:52 | And not for that nation onely, but that he shoulde gather together in one the children of God, which were scattered. |
| 11:53 | Then from that day foorth they consulted together, to put him to death. |
| 11:54 | Iesus therefore walked no more openly among the Iewes, but went thence vnto a countrey neere to the wildernes, into a citie called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples. |
| 11:55 | And the Iewes Passeouer was at hande, and many went out of the countrey vp to Hierusalem before the Passeouer, to purifie themselues. |
| 11:56 | Then sought they for Iesus, and spake among themselues, as they stoode in the Temple, What thinke ye, that he cometh not to the feast? |
| 11:57 | Now both the high Priestes and the Pharises had giuen a commandement, that if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him. |
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
The Geneva Bible is one of the most influential and historically significant translations of the Bible into English, preceding the King James translation by 51 years. It was the primary Bible of 16th century Protestantism and was the Bible used by William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Knox, John Donne, and John Bunyan. The language of the Geneva Bible was more forceful and vigorous and because of this, most readers strongly preferred this version at the time.
The Geneva Bible was produced by a group of English scholars who, fleeing from the reign of Queen Mary, had found refuge in Switzerland. During the reign of Queen Mary, no Bibles were printed in England, the English Bible was no longer used in churches and English Bibles already in churches were removed and burned. Mary was determined to return Britain to Roman Catholicism.
The first English Protestant to die during Mary's turbulent reign was John Rogers in 1555, who had been the editor of the Matthews Bible. At this time, hundreds of Protestants left England and headed for Geneva, a city which under the leadership of Calvin, had become the intellectual and spiritual capital of European Protestants.
One of these exiles was William Whittingham, a fellow of Christ Church at Oxford University, who had been a diplomat, a courtier, was much traveled and skilled in many languages including Greek and Hebrew. He eventually succeeded John Knox as the minister of the English congregation in Geneva. Whittingham went on to publish the 1560 Geneva Bible.
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