John 11:16

Then said Thomas, called Didymus.

"Thomas the Twin," one of the apostles, the doubter after the Lord's resurrection. See John 20:24-29.

Let us go also, that we may die with him.

He looked upon his return to Jerusalem, where the hate of him was so intense, where his death was already determined, where his enemies resided, as. return to certain death. The remark of Thomas shows. true-hearted fidelity and illustrates the power of Jesus to bind men to him. For him and with him Thomas was willing to die.

Christ might have reached Bethany on the evening of the first day's journey, but more probably about midday of the second. On his arrival he paused without the village for some reason. He was close to Jerusalem, the seat of his deadly enemies; while he never shrank from danger, neither did he rush heedlessly into it, and it was therefore desirable that the Lord should act with caution.