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16 So Thomas, called Didymus,[a] said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go to die with him.”(A)

17 When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles[b] away.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:16 Called Didymus: Didymus is the Greek word for twin. Thomas is derived from the Aramaic word for twin; in an ancient Syriac version and in the Gospel of Thomas (80:11–12) his given name, Judas, is supplied.
  2. 11:18 About two miles: literally, “about fifteen stades”; a stade was 607 feet.