John 11:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus had been put into the earth four days before.

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  • John 11:39 : 39 Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said, Lord, by this time the body will be smelling, for he has been dead four days.
  • Acts 2:27-31 : 27 For you will not let my soul be in hell and you will not give up your Holy One to destruction. 28 You have made me see the ways of life; I will be full of joy when I see your face. 29 My brothers, I may say to you openly that David came to his death, and was put in the earth, and his resting-place is with us today. 30 But being a prophet, and having in mind the oath which God had given to him, that of the fruit of his body one would take his place as a king, 31 He, having knowledge of the future, was talking of the coming again of Christ from the dead, that he was not kept in hell and his body did not see destruction.
  • Hos 6:2 : 2 After two days he will give us life, and on the third day he will make us get up, and we will be living before him.
  • John 2:19 : 19 And Jesus said to them, Send destruction on this Temple and I will put it up again in three days.

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  • John 11:29-41
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    29 And Mary, hearing this, got up quickly and went to him.

    30 Now Jesus had not at this time come into the town, but was still in the place where Martha had seen him.

    31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, went after her in the belief that she was going to the place of the dead and would be weeping there.

    32 When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she went down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.

    33 And when Jesus saw her weeping, and saw the Jews weeping who came with her, his spirit was moved and he was troubled,

    34 And said, Where have you put him? They said, Come and see, Lord.

    35 And Jesus himself was weeping.

    36 So the Jews said, See how dear he was to him!

    37 But some of them said, This man, who made open the eyes of the blind man, was he not able to keep his friend from death?

    38 So Jesus, deeply troubled in heart, came to the place of the dead. It was a hole in the rock, and a stone was over the opening.

    39 Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said, Lord, by this time the body will be smelling, for he has been dead four days.

    40 Jesus said to her, Did I not say to you that if you had faith you would see the glory of God?

    41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus, looking up to heaven, said, Father, I give praise to you for hearing me.

  • John 12:1
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    1 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had made to come back from the dead.

  • John 11:18-21
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    18 Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about two miles away;

    19 And a number of Jews had come to Martha and Mary to give them comfort about their brother.

    20 When Martha had the news that Jesus was on the way, she went out to him, but Mary did not go from the house.

    21 Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.

  • John 11:11-16
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    11 These things said he: and after that he said to them, Lazarus our friend is at rest; but I go so that I may make him come out of his sleep.

    12 Then his disciples said to him, Lord, if he is resting he will get well.

    13 Jesus, however, was talking of his death: but they had the idea that he was talking about taking rest in sleep.

    14 Then Jesus said to them clearly, Lazarus is dead.

    15 And because of you I am glad I was not there, so that you may have faith; but let us go to him.

    16 Then Thomas, who was named Didymus, said to the other disciples, Let us go so that we may be with him in death.

  • John 11:43-44
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    43 Then he said in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out!

    44 And he who was dead came out, with linen bands folded tightly about his hands and feet, and a cloth about his face. Jesus said to them, Make him free and let him go.

  • John 11:4-7
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    4 When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it.

    5 Now Jesus had love in his heart for Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

    6 So when the news came to him that Lazarus was ill, he did not go from the place where he was for two days.

    7 Then after that time he said to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

  • John 11:23-24
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    23 Jesus said to her, Your brother will come to life again.

    24 Martha said to him, I am certain that he will come to life again when all come back from the dead at the last day.

  • John 12:17
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    17 Now the people who were with him when his voice came to Lazarus in the place of the dead, and gave him life again, had been talking about it.

  • John 11:1
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    1 Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill; he was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

  • Matt 14:12
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    12 And his disciples came, and took up his body and put it in the earth; and they went and gave Jesus news of what had taken place.

  • John 20:8-9
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    8 Then the other disciple who came there first went in; and he saw and belief came to him.

    9 For at that time they had no knowledge that the Writings said that he would have to come again from the dead.

  • Luke 7:14
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    14 And he came near, and put his hand on the stretcher where the dead man was: and those who were moving it came to a stop. And he said, Young man, I say to you, Get up.

  • Luke 7:11
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    11 And it came about, after a little time, that he went to a town named Nain; and his disciples went with him, and a great number of people.

  • John 12:9
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    9 Then a great number of the Jews had news that he was there: and they came, not only because of Jesus, but so that they might see Lazarus who had been dead and to whom he had given life.

  • John 20:24
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    24 Now Thomas, one of the twelve, named Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

  • John 19:41-42
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    41 Now there was a garden near the cross, and in the garden a new place for the dead in which no man had ever been put.

    42 So they put Jesus there, because it was the Jews' day of getting ready for the Passover, and the place was near.

  • Mark 15:44
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    44 And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long.

  • John 20:1
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    1 Now on the first day of the week, very early, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the place and saw that the stone had been taken away from it.

  • John 4:43
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    43 And after the two days he went on from there into Galilee.

  • Mark 6:29
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    29 And when his disciples had news of it, they came and took up his body, and put it in its last resting-place.

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    1 But on the first day of the week, at dawn, they came to the place where his body had been put, taking the spices which they had got ready.

  • John 2:22
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    22 So when he had come back again from the dead, the memory of these words came back to the disciples, and they had faith in the holy Writings and in the word which Jesus had said.

  • John 20:11
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    11 But Mary was still there outside the hole in the rock, weeping; and while she was weeping and looking into the hole,