John 11:15-17

Expanded Bible

¹⁵ And I ·am glad [rejoice] for your sakes I was not there so that you may believe. But let’s go to him now.”

¹⁶ Then Thomas (the one called Didymus [^Cmeaning, “the Twin”]) said to ·the other followers [his fellow disciples], “Let us also go so that we can die with him.”

Jesus in Bethany

¹⁷ When Jesus arrived, he learned that Lazarus had already been dead and in the tomb for four days. [^CSome Jews believed that a soul would stay near a body for up to three days after death.]