# John 11.16

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**Book:** [John](/codex/john-the-apostle/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 14. Then Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, <span class="rl-speech">Lazarus is dead.</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.</span>
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> **16. Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said unto his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.**
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> 17. So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already. 18. Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off; (John 11:14-18, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 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.”
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> **16. Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go also, that we may die with him.”**
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> 17. So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already. 18. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away. (John 11:14-18, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 14. Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. 15. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
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> **16. Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.**
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> 17. Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. 18. Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: <sup>about: that is, about two miles</sup> (John 11:14-18, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 14. Then, therefore, Jesus said to them freely, <span class="rl-speech">'Lazarus hath died;</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">and I rejoice, for your sake, (that ye may believe,) that I was not there; but we may go to him;'</span>
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> **16. therefore said Thomas, who is called Didymus, to the fellow-disciples, 'We may go, we also, that we may die with him,'**
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> 17. Jesus, therefore, having come, found him having been four days already in the tomb. 18. And Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off, (John 11:14-18, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**People:**

- [Thomas the Apostle](/codex/thomas-the-apostle/)

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## Why these four translations

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The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.