Bethany, where Martha, Mary and Lazarus lived.
At this, Thomas, one of his twelve disciples, who was also called "Didymus," a word meaning "The Twin," said to his fellow disciples:
"Let us go too; and if he dies, we will die with him."
So from Bethabara they went again to Bethany, two miles from Jerusalem; a journey of about sixty miles. When Jesus came to Bethany, he found that Lazarus had been already four days in the tomb. In the house with Martha and Mary were a number of their friends who had come to show their sympathy with the sisters by weeping with them over their brother's death.
Someone went into the room and told Martha that Jesus was coming, and was near the village. She rose up quietly and hastened to meet Jesus, while Mary sat still in the room. When Martha saw Jesus, she said to him mournfully:
"Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. And even now, I know that whatever you ask of God, he will give it to you."
"Your brother shall rise to life again," said Jesus.
"I know that he will rise again," said Martha, "when all the dead shall be raised up, at the last day."
"I, myself," said Jesus, "am the one who raises the dead to life. He who believes in me shall live again, even if he dies; and he who lives believing in me shall never die. Do you believe that?"
"Yes, Lord," she said, "I do believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was promised to come into the world."