John 11:15

and I am glad ¹  for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. ²  But let us go to him.”

Ge 26:24; Ge 39:5; Ps 105:14; Isa 54:15; Isa 65:8; Joh 2:11; Joh 11:4; Joh 11:35,36; Joh 12:30; Joh 14:10,11; Joh 17:19; 2Co 4:15; 2Ti 2:10; 1Jo 5:13

¹ tn Grk “and I rejoice.”

² sn So that you may believe. Why does Jesus make this statement? It seems necessary to understand the disciples’ belief here in a developmental sense, because there are numerous references to the disciples’ faith previous to this in John’s Gospel, notably 2:11. Their concept of who Jesus really was is continually being expanded and challenged; they are undergoing spiritual growth; the climax is reached in the confession of Thomas in John 20:28.