11. Then he told them, “Our friend Lazarus is asleep, and I am going there to wake him up.”
12. They replied, “Lord, if he is asleep, he will get better.”
13. Jesus really meant that Lazarus was dead, but they thought he was talking only about sleep.
14. Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead!
15. I am glad that I wasn't there, because now you will have a chance to put your faith in me. Let's go to him.”
16. Thomas, whose nickname was “Twin”, said to the other disciples, “Come on. Let's go, so we can die with him.”
17. When Jesus got to Bethany, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.
18. Bethany was less than three kilometres from Jerusalem,
19. and many people had come from the city to comfort Martha and Mary because their brother had died.
20. When Martha heard that Jesus had arrived, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed in the house.
21. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
22. Yet even now I know that God will do anything you ask.”
23. Jesus told her, “Your brother will live again!”
24. Martha answered, “I know that he will be raised to life on the last day, when all the dead are raised.”