Johannes 11:14

14 Toen zeide dan Jezus tot hen vrijuit: Lazarus is gestorven.

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Johannes 11:14 Meaning and Commentary

John 11:14

Then said Jesus unto them plainly
Without a figure, when he perceived they did not understand him, and yet it was a very easy and usual metaphor which he had made use of; but such was the present stupidity of their minds, that they did not take in his meaning: wherefore, without reproaching them with it, he said to them in so many words,

Lazarus is dead.
The Persic version reads, "Lazarus is dead indeed", as he really was.

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Johannes 11:14 In-Context

12 Zijn discipelen dan zeiden: Heere, indien hij slaapt, zo zal hij gezond worden.
13 Doch Jezus had gesproken van zijn dood; maar zij meenden, dat Hij sprak van de rust des slaaps.
14 Toen zeide dan Jezus tot hen vrijuit: Lazarus is gestorven.
15 En Ik ben blijde om uwentwil, dat Ik daar niet geweest ben, opdat gij geloven moogt; doch laat ons tot hem gaan.
16 Thomas dan, genaamd Didymus, zeide tot zijn medediscipelen: Laat ons ook gaan, opdat wij met Hem sterven.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.