John 12:9
Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
KJV
Ἔγνω οὖν ὁ ὄχλος πολὺς ἐκ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ὅτι ἐκεῖ ἐστιν, καὶ ἦλθον οὐ διὰ τὸν Ἰησοῦν μόνον, ἀλλ’ ἵνα καὶ τὸν Λάζαρον ἴδωσιν, ὃν ἤγειρεν ἐκ νεκρῶν.
Greek NT
Cognovit ergo turba multa ex Judæis quia illic est, et venerunt, non propter Jesum tantum, sed ut Lazarum viderent, quem suscitavit a mortuis.
Vulgate
The common people therefore of the Jews learned that he was there: and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
ASV
A great multitude therefore of the Jews knew that he was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
23 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- οὖν — SBLGNT
- οὖν — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
- + ὁ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 4:14 — And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
- John 11:1 — Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
- John 12:2 — There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
- John 12:17 — The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.