John 11:14

THE MESSAGE

Then Jesus became explicit: "Lazarus died. And I am glad for your sakes that I wasn't there. You're about to be given new grounds for believing. Now let's go to him."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Jesus then told them plainly, “Lazarus has died.

King James Version (1611)
Then saide Iesus vnto them plainly, Lazarus is dead:

King James Version
Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

English Standard Version
Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died,

New American Standard Bible
So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus died,

New Century Version
So then Jesus said plainly, "Lazarus is dead.

Amplified Bible
So then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead,

Legacy Standard Bible
So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead,

Berean Standard Bible
So Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead,

Contemporary English Version
Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead!

Complete Jewish Bible
So Yeshua told them in plain language, "El‘azar has died.

Darby Translation
Jesus therefore then said to them plainly, Lazarus has died.

Easy-to-Read Version
So then Jesus said plainly, "Lazarus is dead.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then saide Iesus vnto them plainely, Lazarus is dead.

George Lamsa Translation
Then Jesus said to them, plainly, Lazarus is dead.

Good News Translation
So Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead,

Lexham English Bible
So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus has died,

Literal Translation
Therefore, then Jesus said to them plainly, Lazarus has died.

American Standard Version
Then Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

Bible in Basic English
Then Jesus said to them clearly, Lazarus is dead.

Hebrew Names Version
So Yeshua said to them plainly then, "El'azar is dead.

International Standard Version
Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died.

Etheridge Translation
Then said Jeshu to them explicatively, [fn] Loozar is dead.

Murdock Translation
Then Jesus said to them explicitly; Lazarus is dead.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde Iesus vnto the playnely, Lazarus is dead:

English Revised Version
Then Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

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

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then said Jesus to them plainly, Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sake I was not there, that ye may believe:

Weymouth's New Testament
So then He told them plainly,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thanne therfor Jhesus seide to hem opynli, Lazarus is deed;

Update Bible Version
Then Jesus therefore said to them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Jesus to them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

New English Translation
Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died,

New King James Version
Then Jesus said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead.

New Living Translation
So he told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead.

New Life Bible
Then Jesus said to them, "Lazarus is dead.

New Revised Standard
Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus, therefore, then, said unto them, plainly, - Lazarus, died;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then therefore Jesus said to them plainly: Lazarus is dead.

Revised Standard Version
Then Jesus told them plainly, "Laz'arus is dead;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then sayde Iesus vnto the playnly Lazarus is deed

Young's Literal Translation
Then, therefore, Jesus said to them freely, `Lazarus hath died;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The sayde Iesus vnto the planely: Lazarus is deed,

Mace New Testament (1729)
then Jesus told them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

Simplified Cowboy Version
So then he told 'em, "Lazarus has taken the long sleep,

Contextual Overview

¹A man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. This was the same Mary who massaged the Lord's feet with aromatic oils and then wiped them with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus who was sick. So the sisters sent word to Jesus, "Master, the one you love so very much is sick." ⁴ When Jesus got the message, he said, "This sickness is not fatal. It will become an occasion to show God's glory by glorifying God's Son." ⁵Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, but oddly, when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed on where he was for two more days. After the two days, he said to his disciples, "Let's go back to Judea." ⁸ They said, "Rabbi, you can't do that. The Jews are out to kill you, and you're going back?" ⁹Jesus replied, "Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in daylight doesn't stumble because there's plenty of light from the sun. Walking at night, he might very well stumble because he can't see where he's going." ¹¹ He said these things, and then announced, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. I'm going to wake him up." ¹²The disciples said, "Master, if he's gone to sleep, he'll get a good rest and wake up feeling fine." Jesus was talking about death, while his disciples thought he was talking about taking a nap. ¹⁴Then Jesus became explicit: "Lazarus died. And I am glad for your sakes that I wasn't there. You're about to be given new grounds for believing. Now let's go to him." ¹⁶ That's when Thomas, the one called the Twin, said to his companions, "Come along. We might as well die with him."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

plainly: John 10:24, John 16:25, John 16:29

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 17:17 - the son of the woman 2 Kings 4:20 - and then died

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Jesus unto them plainly,.... 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.