John 11:5-16

⁵Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.

⁶Yet, when he heard of the illness of Lazarus, he still stayed two days in the place where he was.

⁷Then, after that, he said to his disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”

⁸“Rabbi,” they replied, “the authorities there were but just now seeking to stone you; and are you going there again?”

⁹“Are not there twelve hours in the day?” answered Jesus. “If someone walks about in the daytime, they don't stumble, because they can see the light of the sun;

¹⁰but, if they walk about at night, they stumble, because they have not the light.”

¹¹And, when he had said this, he added, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going so that I may wake him.”

¹²“If he has fallen asleep, Master, he will get well,” said the disciples.

¹³But Jesus meant that he was dead; they, however, supposed that he was speaking of natural sleep.

¹⁴Then he said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead;

¹⁵and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may learn to believe in me. But let us go to him.”

¹⁶At this, Thomas, who was called ‘The Twin,’ said to his fellow disciples, “Let us go too, so that we may die with him.”