John 11:14 BSB — MannaFest

John 11:14

So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

KJV

Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Christ takes cognizance of the death of his saints, for it is precious in his sight ( Ps. cxvi. 15 ), and he is not pleased if we do not consider it, and lay it to heart.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

We should notice, in this passage, how mysterious are the ways in which Christ sometimes leads His people. We are told that when He talked of going back to Judea, His disciples were perplexed. It was the very place where the Jews had lately tried to stone their Master—to return there was to plunge into the midst of danger. These timid Galileans could not see the necessity or prudence of such a step. "Are You going there again?" they cried. Things such as these are often going on around us.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τότε	Tote	Then	G5119 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	to them	G846 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
παρρησίᾳ·	parrēsia	plainly;	G3954 →
Λάζαρος	Lazaros	Lazarus	G2976 →
ἀπέθανεν.	apethanen	has died.	G599 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 16:25
I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
leads to
- John 16:12
  I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
- John 16:28–29
  I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”
- John 10:6
  Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
- Matthew 13:34–35
  Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
- Mark 4:13
  Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
Through
John 10:24
So the Jews gathered around Him and demanded, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
leads to
- John 1:19
  And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
- Luke 22:67–70
  “If You are the Christ, tell us.” Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe.
- John 8:53
  Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, as did the prophets. Who do You claim to be?”