John 11:1-16 - Lazarus Dies

¹ Now a man named Lazarus, of Bethany, was lying ill; he belonged to the same village as Mary and her sister Martha. ² This Mary, whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who anointed the Master with perfume, and wiped his feet with her hair. ³ The sisters, therefore, sent this message to Jesus--'Master, your friend is ill';

⁴ And, when Jesus heard it, he said: "This illness is not to end in death, but is to redound to the honor of God, in order that the Son of God may be honored through it." ⁵ Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus. ⁶ Yet, when he heard of the illness of Lazarus, he still stayed two days in the place where he was. ⁷ Then, after that, he said to his disciples: "Let us go to Judea again."

⁸ "Rabbi," they replied, "the Jews 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 a man walks about in the day-time, he does not stumble, because he can see the light of the sun; ¹⁰ But, if he walks about at night, he stumbles, because he has not the light." ¹¹ And, when he had said this, he added: "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going that I may wake him."

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

¹³ But Jesus meant that he was dead; they, however, supposed that he was speaking of natural sleep. ¹⁴ Then he said to them plainly: "Lazarus is dead; ¹⁵ And 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."

¹⁶ At this, Thomas, who was called 'The Twin,' said to his fellow-disciples: "Let us go too, so that we may die with him."