Juan 11:15

15 Y, por el bien de ustedes, me alegro de no haber estado allí, porque ahora ustedes van a creer de verdad. Vamos a verlo.

Juan 11:15 Meaning and Commentary

John 11:15

And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there
At Bethany, before he died, or when he died; because he might have been prevailed upon through the solicitations of his dear friends, Mary and Martha, and through tender affection to Lazarus, to have prevented his death, by rebuking the distemper, and restoring him to health, or to have raised him immediately as soon as he was dead; and in either case the miracle would not have been so illustrious, nor have been such a means of confirming the faith of his disciples, as now it would be:

to the intent ye may believe;
more strongly, that he was the Son of God, and true Messiah:

nevertheless, let us go unto him;
to Lazarus, to the grave where he lies: the Syriac version reads, "let us go there"; to Bethany, where he lived, and died, and now lay interred.

Juan 11:15 In-Context

13 Ellos pensaron que Jesús había querido decir que Lázaro solo estaba dormido, pero Jesús se refería a que Lázaro había muerto.

14 Por eso les dijo claramente:

15 Y, por el bien de ustedes, me alegro de no haber estado allí, porque ahora ustedes van a creer de verdad. Vamos a verlo.

16 Tomás, al que apodaban el Gemelo,
les dijo a los otros discípulos: «Vamos nosotros también y moriremos con Jesús».

17 Cuando Jesús llegó a Betania, le dijeron que Lázaro ya llevaba cuatro días en la tumba.