John 11:10-22

¹⁰“If you walk during the day you don't stumble because you can see where you're going by the light of this world. But if you walk during the night you stumble because you have no light.”

¹¹After telling them this, he said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I'm going to go there and wake him up!”

¹²The disciples said, “Lord, if he's sleeping then he'll get better.”

¹³Jesus had been referring to the death of Lazarus, but the disciples thought he meant actual sleep.

¹⁴So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.

¹⁵For your sake I'm glad I wasn't there, because now you will be able to trust in me. Let's go and see him.”

¹⁶Thomas, the Twin, said to his fellow-disciples, “Let's go too so we can die with him.”

¹⁷When he arrived, Jesus learned that Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days.

¹⁸Bethany was just two miles from Jerusalem,

¹⁹and many Jews had come to console Mary and Martha at the loss of their brother.

²⁰When Martha found out that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.

²¹Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you'd been here, my brother wouldn't have died.

²²But I'm certain that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”