Giovanni 11:15

15 e per voi mi rallegro di non essere stato là, affinché crediate; ma ora, andiamo a lui!

Giovanni 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.

Giovanni 11:15 In-Context

13 Or Gesù avea parlato della morte di lui; ma essi pensarono che avesse parlato del dormir del sonno.

14 Allora Gesù disse loro apertamente: Lazzaro è morto;

15 e per voi mi rallegro di non essere stato là, affinché crediate; ma ora, andiamo a lui!

16 Allora Toma, detto Didimo, disse ai suoi condiscepoli: Andiamo anche noi, per morire con lui!

17 Gesù dunque, arrivato, trovò che Lazzaro era già da quattro giorni nel sepolcro.