Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

Ver. 14. Then said Jesus unto them plainly] Because they understood him not. Ministers must be "gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing the ignorant," yea, the insolent, 2 Timothy 2:24,25. Augustine confesseth he was glad to use some words, sometimes, to his hearers that were not Latin, to the end that they might understand him.

Continues after advertising
Continues after advertising