JOHN 11
11 Now there was a sick man, Lazarus of Bethany, from the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (Mary was the one who spread ointment on the Lord and wiped it off his feet with her hair – whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.) 3 So the sisters sent for Jesus, saying, “Look, Lord, this one you care about is unwell.” 4 Upon hearing it Jesus said, “This sickness won’t end in death but is for the praise of God that his son should be glorified through it.” 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus, 6 so when he heard of his sickness he stayed where he was for two days. 7 After this he says to his disciples, “We’re on our way into Judea again.” 8 The disciples say to him, “Rabbi, the Jews only just now wanted to stone you and you’re going there again?” 9 Jesus answered, “Hey, aren’t there twelve hours in a day?! 10 If anyone is walking in the daytime he won’t be tripping over because he is seeing the light of this world, yet if anyone is walking in the night he will be tripping over because the light isn’t in him.” 11 Then after he said these things he says to them, “Our friend Lazarus has been laid to rest, but I’m going there to wake him up.” 12 Then his disciples say, “Lord, if he sleeps he will be restored!” 13 Jesus, however, had spoken about his death, but the disciples think that he is talking about sleep where you simply rest. 14 So then Jesus says to them straight out, “Lazarus has died – 15 and I’m glad, for the sake of your faith, that I wasn’t there. But let’s get going to him." 16 Then Thomas (who was also called Didymus) says to his fellow disciples, “Let’s also get going so that we can die with him.”
17 Then as Jesus was coming, he found that Lazarus was already four days in the tomb. 18 Now Bethany was quite close to Jerusalem, about 15 stadia (3 km) away, 19 and many of the Jews had come to gather around Mary and Martha to console them concerning their brother. 20 Then Martha, as soon as she hears that Jesus is coming, goes to meet him. Mary, though, sat in the house. 21 Then Martha says to Jesus, “Lord! If you were here my brother would never have died! 22 But even now I can see that whatever you ask God for, God will give to you.” 23 Jesus says to her, “Your brother will be resurrected,” 24 and Martha says, “I know that he will be rising up at the resurrection in the last day.” 25 Jesus says to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will be living even if he’s dying, 26 and as for every person who is alive and believes in me, they won’t be dying into the Age, will they? Do you believe this?” 27 She says to him, “Yes, Lord! I already believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who comes into the world.” 28 And when she had said all this she left and secretly called for Mary her sister, saying, “The teacher is here and is calling for you.” 29 As soon as she hears this she is quickly stirred and comes to him.
30 Now as yet Jesus hadn’t made it to the town but was in the place where Martha met him. 31 Then the Jews who are with her in the house consoling her, noticing that she hurriedly got up and went out, follow her, saying, “She is going to the tomb to mourn there.” 32 Then Mary, as she got to where Jesus was, and noticing him, falls at his feet saying to him, “Lord! If you had have been here my brother wouldn’t have died.” 33 When Jesus noticed her mourning, and the Jews coming with her also mourning, he murmured to the Spirit and stirred himself 34 and said, “Where have you laid him?” They say to him, “Lord, come and see!” 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then the Jews said, “See how much he cared about him!” 37 Then some of them said, “Couldn’t this man who is opening the eyes of the blind also have stopped this man from dying?” 38 So Jesus, again murmuring within himself, comes into the tomb area. It was a cave, and a stone was laid on it. 39 Jesus says, “Lift away the stone!” Martha, the sister of the dead man, says to him, “Lord, it’s the fourth day – he already stinks!” 40 Jesus says to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believe you’ll be seeing the glory of God?” 41 So they lift away the stone from where the dead man was laid. Jesus lifted his eyes and said, “Father, thank you that you hear me. 42 I know that you always hear me, but I speak because of the crowd standing around so that they should believe that you have sent me.” 43 After he says this he yells in a loud voice, “Lazarus! Come out here!” 44 And the dead man came out, feet and hands still wrapped in strips and his face still wrapped with a cloth. Jesus says to them, “Free him and let him go.”
45 Therefore many of the Jews, the ones who came to Mary and realized what he had done, believed into him. 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus did. 47 So the chief priests and Pharisees called a council and they were saying, “What are we doing? This man is performing lots of miracles! 48 If we allow him to go on like this everyone will believe into him, then the Romans will come and take us away, and the land and the nation.” 49 But one of them, Caiaphas, being chief priest that year, said to them, “You guys don’t know anything! 50 Haven’t you figured out that it is better for us all that one man dies on behalf of the people rather than the whole nation get destroyed?” 51 (Even so he didn’t say this from himself, but, being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was soon to die on behalf of the nation 52 – and not only on behalf of that nation but also that he may gather into one the children of God who have been scattered.) 53 So from that day they resolved to kill him. 54 Therefore Jesus stopped walking around openly among the Judeans, but went away from there into the region near the desert, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.
55 Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people came up into Jerusalem from the surrounding region before the Passover in order to purify themselves. 56 So they were looking for Jesus, and saying to each other as they stood in the temple area, “What do you think, that he won’t come into the festival at all?” 57 For the chief priests and the Pharisees had issued an order that anyone knowing his whereabouts should report it so that they could arrest him.
17 Then as Jesus was coming, he found that Lazarus was already four days in the tomb. 18 Now Bethany was quite close to Jerusalem, about 15 stadia (3 km) away, 19 and many of the Jews had come to gather around Mary and Martha to console them concerning their brother. 20 Then Martha, as soon as she hears that Jesus is coming, goes to meet him. Mary, though, sat in the house. 21 Then Martha says to Jesus, “Lord! If you were here my brother would never have died! 22 But even now I can see that whatever you ask God for, God will give to you.” 23 Jesus says to her, “Your brother will be resurrected,” 24 and Martha says, “I know that he will be rising up at the resurrection in the last day.” 25 Jesus says to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will be living even if he’s dying, 26 and as for every person who is alive and believes in me, they won’t be dying into the Age, will they? Do you believe this?” 27 She says to him, “Yes, Lord! I already believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who comes into the world.” 28 And when she had said all this she left and secretly called for Mary her sister, saying, “The teacher is here and is calling for you.” 29 As soon as she hears this she is quickly stirred and comes to him.
30 Now as yet Jesus hadn’t made it to the town but was in the place where Martha met him. 31 Then the Jews who are with her in the house consoling her, noticing that she hurriedly got up and went out, follow her, saying, “She is going to the tomb to mourn there.” 32 Then Mary, as she got to where Jesus was, and noticing him, falls at his feet saying to him, “Lord! If you had have been here my brother wouldn’t have died.” 33 When Jesus noticed her mourning, and the Jews coming with her also mourning, he murmured to the Spirit and stirred himself 34 and said, “Where have you laid him?” They say to him, “Lord, come and see!” 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then the Jews said, “See how much he cared about him!” 37 Then some of them said, “Couldn’t this man who is opening the eyes of the blind also have stopped this man from dying?” 38 So Jesus, again murmuring within himself, comes into the tomb area. It was a cave, and a stone was laid on it. 39 Jesus says, “Lift away the stone!” Martha, the sister of the dead man, says to him, “Lord, it’s the fourth day – he already stinks!” 40 Jesus says to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believe you’ll be seeing the glory of God?” 41 So they lift away the stone from where the dead man was laid. Jesus lifted his eyes and said, “Father, thank you that you hear me. 42 I know that you always hear me, but I speak because of the crowd standing around so that they should believe that you have sent me.” 43 After he says this he yells in a loud voice, “Lazarus! Come out here!” 44 And the dead man came out, feet and hands still wrapped in strips and his face still wrapped with a cloth. Jesus says to them, “Free him and let him go.”
45 Therefore many of the Jews, the ones who came to Mary and realized what he had done, believed into him. 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus did. 47 So the chief priests and Pharisees called a council and they were saying, “What are we doing? This man is performing lots of miracles! 48 If we allow him to go on like this everyone will believe into him, then the Romans will come and take us away, and the land and the nation.” 49 But one of them, Caiaphas, being chief priest that year, said to them, “You guys don’t know anything! 50 Haven’t you figured out that it is better for us all that one man dies on behalf of the people rather than the whole nation get destroyed?” 51 (Even so he didn’t say this from himself, but, being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was soon to die on behalf of the nation 52 – and not only on behalf of that nation but also that he may gather into one the children of God who have been scattered.) 53 So from that day they resolved to kill him. 54 Therefore Jesus stopped walking around openly among the Judeans, but went away from there into the region near the desert, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.
55 Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people came up into Jerusalem from the surrounding region before the Passover in order to purify themselves. 56 So they were looking for Jesus, and saying to each other as they stood in the temple area, “What do you think, that he won’t come into the festival at all?” 57 For the chief priests and the Pharisees had issued an order that anyone knowing his whereabouts should report it so that they could arrest him.
45) (et. al.) I pretty much always translate the word 'eis' as into, even though I'll admit it often sounds more natural to translate it as 'in'. But there is a perfectly good Greek word for 'in' - 'en'. So I would argue that John would have used it if that's what he meant. The difference is that 'into' carries the idea of being outside something and then coming inside, whereas 'in' lacks that nuance of change/crossing over/transferral, and I think this is quite enlightening in verse 45 especially - people were out of Jesus but now they are in him because they came into him through their belief. So, while it may sound a little different to what we're used to, I think the extra piece of information the word 'into' carries makes it important enough to maintain this translation.