John 11:15 (GNV)

Passage

And I am glad for your sakes, that I was not there, that ye may beleeue: but let vs go vnto him.

Nearby Context

John 11:13 Howbeit, Iesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of the naturall sleepe.

John 11:14 Then saide Iesus vnto them plainely, Lazarus is dead.

John 11:15 And I am glad for your sakes, that I was not there, that ye may beleeue: but let vs go vnto him.

John 11:16 Then saide Thomas (which is called Didymus) vnto his felow disciples, Let vs also goe, that we may die with him.

John 11:17 Then came Iesus, and found that he had lien in the graue foure dayes alreadie.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "glad", "sakes", "beleeue", and "vnto". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "glad" and "sakes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Then saide Iesus vnto them plainely Lazarus..." into verse 16's "Then saide Thomas which is called Didymus...", so "glad" and "sakes" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "glad" and "sakes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.