1 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 Mary was the woman who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair. Her brother Lazarus was the one who was ill.
3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, saying, "Lord, the one whom you love is ill."
4 But when Jesus heard it, he said,"This illness is not meant to end in death. It is for God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."
5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 Yet, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed where he was for two days.
7 After this he said to the disciples,"Let's go back to Judea."
8 The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you to death, and you are going back there again?"
9 Jesus replied,"There are twelve hours in the day, aren't there? If anyone walks during the day he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
10 But if anyone walks at night he stumbles, because the light is not in him."
11 These were the things he said. Then after this he told them,"Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am leaving to wake him up."
12 So the disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well."
13 Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was speaking about resting or sleeping.
14 Then Jesus told them plainly,"Lazarus has died.