World English Bible

John 11:14

“So Jesus said to them plainly then, "Lazarus is dead.”

Verse in context — John 11

The disciples therefore said, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.

Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.

So Jesus said to them plainly then, "Lazarus is dead.

I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let's go to him.

Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, "Let's go also, that we may die with him.

A theological portrait of Jesus as the Son of God who brings eternal life.