The Story of the Raising of Lazarus

John 11:7–16 WEB

⁷Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let’s go into Judea again.” ⁸The disciples asked him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you. Are you going there again?” ⁹Jesus answered, “Aren’t there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world. ¹⁰But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn’t in him.” ¹¹He said these things, and after that, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep.” ¹²The disciples therefore said, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” ¹³Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep. ¹⁴So Jesus said to them plainly then, “Lazarus is dead. ¹⁵I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let’s go to him.” ¹⁶Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s also go, that we may die with him.”