4. But when Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by it.
5. Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6. When therefore he heard, He is sick, he remained two days then in the place where he was.
7. Then after this he says to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
8. The disciples say to him, Rabbi, even but now the Jews sought to stone thee, and goest thou thither again?
9. Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walk in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world;
10. but if any one walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.
11. These things said he; and after this he says to them, Lazarus, our friend, is fallen asleep, but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.
12. The disciples therefore said to him, Lord, if he be fallen asleep, he will get well.
13. But Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that he spoke of the rest of sleep.
14. Jesus therefore then said to them plainly, Lazarus has died.
15. And I rejoice on your account that I was not there, in order that ye may believe. But let us go to him.
16. Thomas therefore, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
17. Jesus therefore on arriving found him to have been four days already in the tomb.
18. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia off,