11. He said these things, and after that, he said to them, “Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep.”
12. The disciples therefore said, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”
13. Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.
14. So Jesus said to them plainly then, “Lazarus is dead.
15. I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let’s go to him.”
16. Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go also, that we may die with him.”
17. So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
18. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.
19. Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.