So then Jesus said plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
Jesus told them plainly what would happen. Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to tell him not to talk like that.
Some people gathered around him and said, “How long will you make us wonder about you? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
Jesus meant that Lazarus was dead, but his followers thought he meant Lazarus was really sleeping.
And I am glad for your sakes I was not there so that you may believe. But let’s go to him now.”
“I have told you these things indirectly in stories. But the time will come when I will not use stories like that to tell you things; I will speak to you in plain words about the Father.
Then the followers of Jesus said, “You are speaking clearly to us now and are not using stories that are hard to understand.
