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Joh_11:14 f. Παῤῥησία ] i.e. without the help of figurative hints as in Joh_11:11. Comp. Joh_10:24, Joh_16:25.
Λάζ . ἀπέθ .] Now a declaration of the simple occurrence; hence there is no addition to” the word Λάζ . as in Joh_11:11.
διʼ ὑμᾶς ] is immediately explained by the words ἵνα πιστεύσ .; for every new flight of faith is in its degree a progress towards belief, comp. Joh_2:11. The words ὅτι οὐκ ἤμ . ἐκεῖ are to be taken together with χαίρω . If Jesus had been there, He would not have permitted His friend to die (against Paulus), but have saved him even on the sickbed; in this case the far greater σημεῖον of His δόξα , the raising him from the dead, would not have taken place, and the faith of the disciples would therefore not have had the benefit of it, though, just on the eve of the death of their Lord, it stood greatly in need of being increased. Bengel aptly remarks: “cum decoro divino pulchre congruit, quod praesente vitae duce nemo unquam legitur mortuus.”
ἵνα ] indicates the telic direction, or intention of the emotion (not merely hope, De Wette). Comp. Joh_8:56. Remark that Jesus rejoices not at the sorrowful event in itself, but at the circumstance that He was not there, in consequence whereof it assumed a salutary relation to the disciples.
ἀλλʼ ] Breaking off; Herm. ad Vig. p. 812; Baeuml. Partic. p. 15. And the summons is now brief and measured.