John 11:14

14 tunc ergo dixit eis Iesus manifeste Lazarus mortuus est

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 dixerunt ergo discipuli eius Domine si dormit salvus erit

13 dixerat autem Iesus de morte eius illi autem putaverunt quia de dormitione somni diceret

14 tunc ergo dixit eis Iesus manifeste Lazarus mortuus est

15 et gaudeo propter vos ut credatis quoniam non eram ibi sed eamus ad eum

16 dixit ergo Thomas qui dicitur Didymus ad condiscipulos eamus et nos ut moriamur cum eo