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11 After He said this, He tells them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I’m going there to wake him up.”

12 So the disciples said to Him, “Master, if he has fallen asleep, he will get better.” 13 Now Yeshua had spoken about his death, but they thought He was talking about ordinary sleep.

14 Then Yeshua told them clearly, “Lazarus is dead! 15 I’m glad for your sake I wasn’t there, so that you may believe. Anyway, let’s go to him!”

16 Then Thomas called the Twin[a] said to the other disciples, “Let’s go too, so that we may die with Him!”

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  1. John 11:16 Grk. Didymus.

11 After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend(A) Lazarus has fallen asleep;(B) but I am going there to wake him up.”

12 His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.” 13 Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.(C)

14 So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, 15 and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”

16 Then Thomas(D) (also known as Didymus[a]) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”

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  1. John 11:16 Thomas (Aramaic) and Didymus (Greek) both mean twin.