John 11:14

14 So Yeshua said to them plainly then, "El'azar is dead.

John 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.

John 11:14 In-Context

12 The talmidim therefore said, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."

13 Now Yeshua had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.

14 So Yeshua said to them plainly then, "El'azar is dead.

15 I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let's go to him."

16 T'oma therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow talmidim, "Let's go also, that we may die with him."