Juan 11:15

15 Y huélgome por vosotros, que yo no haya estado allí, para que creáis: mas vamos á él.

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 Mas esto decía Jesús de la muerte de él: y ellos pensaron que hablaba del reposar del sueño.

14 Entonces, pues, Jesús les dijo claramente: Lázaro es muerto;

15 Y huélgome por vosotros, que yo no haya estado allí, para que creáis: mas vamos á él.

16 Dijo entonces Tomás, el que se dice el Dídimo, á sus condiscípulos: Vamos también nosotros, para que muramos con él.

17 Vino pues Jesús, y halló que había ya cuatro días que estaba en el sepulcro.