John 11:17

American Standard Version (1901)

So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.

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  • John 11:39 : 39 Jesus saith, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time the body decayeth; for he hath been [dead] four days.
  • Acts 2:27-31 : 27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul unto Hades, Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption. 28 Thou madest known unto me the ways of life; Thou shalt make me full of gladness with thy countenance. 29 Brethren, I may say unto you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day. 30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would set [one] upon his throne; 31 he foreseeing [this] spake of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he left unto Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
  • Hos 6:2 : 2 After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.
  • John 2:19 : 19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

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    29And she, when she heard it, arose quickly, and went unto him.

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    31The Jews then who were with her in the house, and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, supposing that she was going unto the tomb to weep there.

    32Mary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, and saw him, fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

    33When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews [also] weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,

    34and said, Where have ye laid him? They say unto him, Lord, come and see.

    35Jesus wept.

    36The Jews therefore said, Behold how he loved him!

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    38Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

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    40Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou believedst, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

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