Then the disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well."

Jesus, however, was speaking about his death, but they thought he was speaking about natural sleep. 

So Jesus then told them plainly, "Lazarus has died. I'm glad for you that I wasn't there so that you may believe. But let's go to him."

Then Thomas (called 'Twin') said to his fellow disciples, "Let's go too so that we may die with him."

John 11:12-16 CSB

Jesus focus in this story is not Mary, Martha, or even Lazarus, but the disciples, and by extension, us. He has something important he wants them to understand that they wouldn't have seen if they had been there when Lazarus was unwell or died. 

Something about believing.

Something about faith.

And then there's Thomas who wants to be in the middle of the experience, to physically be part of it all. If Lazarus has died and Jesus is going to bring him back, Thomas wants in on that too. 

Just maybe Thomas is the only one who has clicked to what this is all about. 

As we sit in this story, let's sit with the disciples, catch some of Thomas's passion to want to be part of what Jesus is up to, what he is about. 

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