“Is he who does not desire the death of a sinner, now glad of the death of a friend? I rejoice, [Jesus says], not for my own sake, nor for the sake of the dead, but for your sake. For I need this death as the foundation for your faith.”
Hippolytus of Rome, 3th c. — ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN AND THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS
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15And 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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13Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
14Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
— John 11:15 —
16Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
17Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.