John 11:15

And I am glad I was not there for your sakes, that you may believe. But let us walk thither.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.

In Context

14Then said Jeshu to them explicatively, Loozar is dead.

16Thoma, who is called the Twin, saith to his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.

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Cross References

John 11:4But Jeshu said, This sickness is not of death, but for the glory of Aloha, that the Son of Aloha may be glorified on account of it.

John 12:30Jeshu answered and said to them, Not on my account was this voice, but on your account.

John 17:19And for their sakes I consecrate myself, that they also may be consecrated for the truth.

Matthew Henry on John 11:2-17

The Death of Lazarus. 1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) 3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister,… Read the whole commentary →

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