John 11:1-18

1Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.

2It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

3So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, he [our brother and Your friend] whom You love is sick.”

4When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death; but [on the contrary it is] for the glory and honor of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.”

5Now Jesus loved and was concerned about Martha and her sister and Lazarus [and considered them dear friends].

6So [even] when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed in the same place two more days.

7Then He said to His disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”

8The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi (Teacher), the Jews were only recently going to stone You, and You are [thinking of] going back there again?”

9Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours [of light] in the day? Anyone who walks in the daytime does not stumble, because he sees [by] the light of this world.

10But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.”

11He said this, and after that said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him.”

12The disciples answered, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”

13However, Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was referring to natural sleep.

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

15And for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”

16Then Thomas, who was called Didymus (the twin), said to his fellow disciples, “Let us go too, that we may die with Him.”

17So when Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.

18Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away;