–George Sheffield “Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with Him.” (Jn 11:16) Bethany, where Lazarus lived, was in Judea. Judea was where the Jerusalem Pharisees ruled. Jesus was in Perea across the Jordan River, and the Jerusalem religious rulers had no authority there. Jesus was out of their reach. In Jn 10:39 the...