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(This was before John was put in prison.)
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When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.
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“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.
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He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts near the place where the offerings were put. Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.
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Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never see death.”
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At this they exclaimed, “Now we know that you are demon-possessed! Abraham died and so did the prophets, yet you say that whoever obeys your word will never taste death.
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After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.
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He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”
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Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied, “and I washed, and now I see.”
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His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue.
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The Death of Lazarus
Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
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When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.”
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Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.
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He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.
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Jesus Predicts His Death
Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival.
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He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.
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Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue;
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Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God;
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When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them.
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They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.
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Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?”
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This took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going to die.
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The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe
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The Death of Jesus
Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
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A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips.
