# John 11.45

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**Book:** [John](/codex/john/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 43. And when he had thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice, <span class="rl-speech">Lazarus, come forth.</span> 44. He that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes; and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Loose him, and let him go.</span>
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> **45. Many therefore of the Jews, who came to Mary and beheld that which he did, believed on him.**
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> 46. But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them the things which Jesus had done. 47. The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many signs. (John 11:43-47, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 43. When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, <span class="rl-speech">“Lazarus, come out!”</span> 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, <span class="rl-speech">“Free him, and let him go.”</span>
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> **45. Therefore many of the Jews, who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did, believed in him.**
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> 46. But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them the things which Jesus had done. 47. The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What are we doing? For this man does many signs. (John 11:43-47, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 43. And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, <span class="rl-speech">Lazarus, come forth.</span> 44. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Loose him, and let him go.</span>
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> **45. Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.**
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> 46. But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. 47. Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. (John 11:43-47, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 43. And these things saying, with a loud voice he cried out, <span class="rl-speech">'Lazarus, come forth;'</span> 44. and he who died came forth, being bound feet and hands with grave-clothes, and his visage with a napkin was bound about; Jesus saith to them, <span class="rl-speech">'Loose him, and suffer to go.'</span>
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> **45. Many, therefore, of the Jews who came unto Mary, and beheld what Jesus did, believed in him;**
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> 46. but certain of them went away unto the Pharisees, and told them what Jesus did; 47. the chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered together a sanhedrim, and said, 'What may we do? because this man doth many signs? (John 11:43-47, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- [G4100 - pisteuo](/codex/g4100-pisteuo/), *pisteuo*, Strong's G4100
- [G4314 - pros](/codex/g4314-pros/), *pros*, Strong's G4314
- [G2424 - Iesous](/codex/g2424-iesous/), *Iesous*, Strong's G2424

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [God Created Me Knowing I Would Reject Him Objection Defeater](/codex/god-created-me-knowing-i-would-reject-him-objection-defeater/), via [John 11.45-53](/codex/john-11-45-53/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.