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John 11:14 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" So Jesus said to them plainly then, “Lazarus is dead. "
John 11:14
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12 The disciples therefore said, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”
13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.
14 So Jesus said to them plainly then, “Lazarus is dead.
15 I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let’s go to him.”
16 Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s also go, that we may die with him.”
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John 11:1
"Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha."
John 11:2
"It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick."
John 11:3
"The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”"
John 11:4
"But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”"
John 11:5
"Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus."
John 11:6
"When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was."
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