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John - ch 11 v 1 - 20
- Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
- It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.
- The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, "Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick."
- But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God's Son may be glorified by it."
- Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
- When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.
- Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let's go into Judea again."
- The disciples told him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and are you going there again?"
- Jesus 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.
- But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn't in him."
- He 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."
- The disciples therefore said, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."
- Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.
- So Jesus said to them plainly then, "Lazarus is dead.
- I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let's go to him."
- Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus,1 said to his fellow disciples, "Let's go also, that we may die with him."
- So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
- Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia2 away.
- Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.
- Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house.
- "Didymus" means "Twin"
- 15 stadia is about 2.8 kilometers or 1.7 miles
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