9. Jesus answered, "Aren't there 12 hours of daylight? A person who walks during the day won't trip and fall. He can see because of this world's light.
10. But when he walks at night, he'll trip and fall. He has no light."
11. After he said this, Jesus went on speaking to them. "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep," he said. "But I am going there to wake him up."
12. His disciples replied, "Lord, if he's sleeping, he will get better."
13. Jesus had been speaking about the death of Lazarus. But his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.
14. So then he told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead.
15. For your benefit, I am glad I was not there. Now you will believe. But let us go to him."
16. Then Thomas, who was called Didymus, spoke to the rest of the disciples. "Let us go also," he said. "Then we can die with Jesus."
17. When Jesus arrived, he found out that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.
18. Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem.
19. Many Jews had come to Martha and Mary. They had come to comfort them because their brother was dead.
20. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him. But Mary stayed at home.
21. "Lord," Martha said to Jesus, "I wish you had been here! Then my brother would not have died.