13. Jesus meant that Lazarus had died, but they thought he meant natural sleep.
14. So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,
15. but for your sake I am glad that I was not with him, so that you will believe. Let us go to him.”
16. Thomas (called the Twin) said to his fellow-disciples, “Let us all go with the Teacher, so that we may die with him!”
17. When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been buried four days before.
18. Bethany was less than three kilometres from Jerusalem,