John 11:14-16

J.B. Phillips New Testament

^13-15 Actually Jesus had spoken about his death, but they thought that he was speaking about falling into natural sleep. This made Jesus tell them quite plainly, “Lazarus has died, and I am glad that I was not there—for your sakes, that you may learn to believe. And now, let us go to him.”

¹⁶ Thomas (known as the twin) then said to his fellow-disciples, “Come on, then, let us all go and die with him!”