John 11:15

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.”

17So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.

18Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.

19Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.