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John 11:14

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

What does John 11:14 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Then Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Then Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
John 11:14 — American Standard Version

Context — John 11

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
11These things spake he: and after this he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
12The disciples therefore said unto him, Lord, if he is fallen asleep, he will recover.
13Now Jesus had spoken of his death: but they thought that he spake of taking rest in sleep.
14Then Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
15And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
16Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said unto his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
17So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Then said Jesus unto them plainly, etc.] 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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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead--Says BENGEL beautifully, "Sleep is the death of the saints, in the language of heaven; but this language the disciples here understood not; incomparable is the generosity of the divine manner of discoursing, but such is the slowness of men's apprehension that Scripture often has to descend to the more miserable style of human discourse; compare Mat 16:11."”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“plainly: Joh 10:24, Joh 16:25, Joh 16:29 John 11:15”
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