Lazarus is Sick; Jesus Delays

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Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Miriam and her sister, Martha.

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It was that Miriam who had anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.

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The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”

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But when Yeshua heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”

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Now Yeshua loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

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When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.

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Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let’s go into Judea again.”

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The disciples told him, “Rabbi, the Judeans were just trying to stone you, and are you going there again?”

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Yeshua answered, “Aren’t there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

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But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn’t in him.”

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He said these things, and after that, he said to them, “Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep.”

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The disciples therefore said, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”

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Now Yeshua had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.

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So Yeshua said to them plainly then, “Lazarus is dead.

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I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let’s go to him.”

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Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go also, that we may die with him.”