Juan 11:15

Filipino Cebuano Bible

15 Ug tungod kaninyo ako nalipay nga wala ako didto aron managpanoo kamo. Apan, tana, mangadto kita kaniya."

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I am glad: John 11:35, John 11:36

for: John 12:30, John 17:19, Genesis 26:24, Genesis 39:5, Psalms 105:14, Isaiah 54:15, Isaiah 65:8, 2 Corinthians 4:15, 2 Timothy 2:10

to: John 11:4, John 2:11, John 14:10, John 14:11, 1 John 5:13

Reciprocal: Exodus 4:5 - That they 1 Kings 17:24 - Now by this Matthew 8:24 - but John 19:35 - that ye

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 been prevailed upon through the solicitations of his dear friends, Mary and Martha, and through tender affection to Lazarus, to have prevented his death, by rebuking the distemper, and restoring him to health, or to have raised him immediately as soon as he was dead; and in either case the miracle would not have been so illustrious, nor have been such a means of confirming the faith of his disciples, as now it would be:

to the intent ye may believe; more strongly, that he was the Son of God, and true Messiah:

nevertheless, let us go unto him; to Lazarus, to the grave where he lies: the Syriac version reads, "let us go there"; to Bethany, where he lived, and died, and now lay interred.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I am glad ... - The meaning of this verse may be thus expressed: “If I had been there during his sickness, the entreaties of his sisters and friends would have prevailed with me to restore him to health. I could not have refused them without appearing to be unkind. Though a restoration to health would have been a miracle, and sufficient to convince you, yet the miracle of raising him after being four days dead will be far more impressive, and on that account I rejoice that an opportunity is thus given so strikingly to confirm your faith.”

To the intent - To furnish you evidence on which you might be established in the belief that I am the Messiah.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 11:15. I am glad for your sakes that I was not there — "I tell you plainly, Lazarus is dead: and I am glad I was not there - if I had been, I should have been prevailed on to have healed him almost as soon as he fell sick, and I should not have had so striking an occasion to manifest the glory of God to you, and to establish you in the faith." It was a miracle to discover that Lazarus was dead, as no person had come to announce it. It was a greater miracle to raise a dead man than to cure a sick man. And it was a still greater miracle, to raise one that was three or four days buried, and in whose body putrefaction might have begun to take place, than to raise one that was but newly dead. See John 11:39.