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Giovanni 11:14

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Giovanni 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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Giovanni 11:14 In-Context

12 Perciò i discepoli gli dissero: Signore, s’egli dorme, sarà salvo.
13 Or Gesù avea parlato della morte di lui; ma essi pensarono che avesse parlato del dormir del sonno.
14 Allora Gesù disse loro apertamente: Lazzaro è morto;
15 e per voi mi rallegro di non essere stato là, affinché crediate; ma ora, andiamo a lui!
16 Allora Toma, detto Didimo, disse ai suoi condiscepoli: Andiamo anche noi, per morire con lui!
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