12. The disciples therefore said, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”
13. Now Yeshua had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.
14. So Yeshua 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 Yeshua 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 Judeans had joined the women around Martha and Miriam, to console them concerning their brother.