Jean 11:14

14 Alors Jésus leur dit ouvertement: Lazare est mort.

Jean 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.

Jean 11:14 In-Context

12 Ses disciples lui dirent: Seigneur, s'il dort, il sera guéri.

13 Or, Jésus avait parlé de la mort de Lazare; mais ils crurent qu'il parlait du repos du sommeil.

14 Alors Jésus leur dit ouvertement: Lazare est mort.

15 Et je me réjouis à cause de vous, de ce que je n'étais pas là, afin que vous croyiez; mais allons vers lui.

16 Thomas, appelé Didyme (le Jumeau), dit aux autres disciples: Allons, nous aussi, afin de mourir avec lui.