11. Then he said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but now I will go and wake him up.”
12. The disciples said, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will soon get better!”
13. They thought Jesus meant Lazarus was simply sleeping, but Jesus meant Lazarus had died.
14. So he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
15. And for your sakes, I’m glad I wasn’t there, for now you will really believe. Come, let’s go see him.”
16. Thomas, nicknamed the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go, too—and die with Jesus.”
17. When Jesus arrived at Bethany, he was told that Lazarus had already been in his grave for four days.
18. Bethany was only a few miles down the road from Jerusalem,
19. and many of the people had come to console Martha and Mary in their loss.