11 Now there was a man called Eleazar (Lazarus; Grk. Lazaros) who lived in the village of Beyt-Ania (Bethany) along with his sisters Marta and Miryam (Grk. Maria/Mariam).[ref] 2 (Miryam was the one who later poured fragrant oil over Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) and wiped his feet with her hair.)[ref] But now their brother was seriously ill 3 and so the two sisters sent a message to Yeshua saying, “Master, this man that you love is seriously ill.”

4 However, when Yeshua got the message he said to those around him, “This sickness won’t end in death but in honour for God, so that his son will also be honoured because of it.”

5 Now it was true that Yeshua loved the three of them. 6 Yet when he heard that Eleazar was sick, he stayed in the place where he was for two more days 7 before he said to his followers, “It’s time to head down to Yehudah (Judea) again.”

8 But they double-checked, “Honoured teacher, the Yehudim (Jews) wanted to execute you, so do you really want to go back there again?”

9 And Yeshua answered, “There are twelve hours of light in the day. Anyone who walks during the daytime doesn’t stumble because he is seeing the light that shines in this world. 10 But anyone who walks at night will stumble, because the light is not in them.” 11 And he continued, “Our friend Eleazar has fallen asleep, but I’m going so that I can wake him up.”

12 But his followers objected, “Master, it’s good if he’s sleeping because it helps with healing.”

13 But Yeshua had spoken about Eleazar’ death—not just normal sleep as they had thought. 14 So Yeshua told them plainly, “Eleazar is dead 15 and I’m glad that I wasn’t there, because you all will benefit as your faith grows. Anyway, let’s get moving.”

16 Toma (Thomas) (nicknamed ‘Twin’) grumbled to the others, “Yeah, we might as well go so that we can get killed as well.”