For your sakes (δι' υμας). That they may witness his raising from the grave.

That I was not there (οτ ουκ …

I am glad, and so on. The meaning of this verse can be expressed as follows:

"If I had been there during his sickness, the entreati…

And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there.—The words sound startling at first, as they immediately follow the pla…

Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is…

St. John Chrysostom: After comforting His disciples in one way, He comforts them in another by telling them they were not goin…

Jesus’ rejoinder to the disciples’ comment made Lazarus’s state unmistakable: “Lazarus is dead, and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so tha…

And I rejoice, on your account, that I was not there. He means that His absence was profitable to them, because His power would have been …

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…

Since we are sure to rise again at the last, why should not the believing hope of that resurrection to eternal life make it as easy for us to put o…

1. Above, our Lord mentioned His intention of going to the place where Lazarus had died; now He reveals His intention to raise him.

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