15. And I am glad I was not there. I am happy for you because now you will believe in me. We will go to him now.”
16. Then Thomas, the one called “Twin,” said to the other followers, “We will go too. We will die there with Jesus.”
17. Jesus arrived in Bethany and found that Lazarus had already been dead and in the tomb for four days.
18. Bethany was about two miles from Jerusalem.
19. Many Jews had come to see Martha and Mary. They came to comfort them about their brother Lazarus.
20. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to greet him. But Mary stayed home.