Jean 11:15

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.

Jean 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.

Jean 11:15 In-Context

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.

17 Jésus, étant arrivé, trouva Lazare dans le sépulcre déjà depuis quatre jours.