John 11:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about two miles away;

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 24:13 : 13 And then, two of them, on that very day, were going to a little town named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.
  • John 6:19 : 19 After they had gone three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near to the boat; and they had great fear.
  • John 11:1 : 1 Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill; he was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
  • Rev 14:20 : 20 And the grapes were crushed under foot outside the town, and blood came out from them, even to the head-bands of the horses, two hundred miles.
  • Rev 21:16 : 16 And the town is square, as wide as it is long; and he took the measure of the town with the rod, one thousand and five hundred miles: it is equally long and wide and high.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 11:17
    79%

    17Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus had been put into the earth four days before.

  • John 11:29-35
    7 verses
    77%

    29And Mary, hearing this, got up quickly and went to him.

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

    31Then 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.

    32When 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.

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

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

    35And Jesus himself was weeping.

  • John 11:19-21
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    76%

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

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

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

  • John 11:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

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

    2(The Mary whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who put perfumed oil on the Lord and made his feet dry with her hair.)

  • Luke 24:13
    74%

    13And then, two of them, on that very day, were going to a little town named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

  • Mark 11:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1And when they came near to Jerusalem, to Beth-phage and Bethany, at the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

    2And said to them, Go into the little town opposite: and when you come to it, you will see a young ass with a cord round his neck, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose, and come back with him.

  • John 12:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

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

    2So they made him a meal there, and he was waited on by Martha, and Lazarus was among those who were seated with him at table.

  • John 11:38-39
    2 verses
    73%

    38So 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.

    39Jesus 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.

  • John 11:4-7
    4 verses
    72%

    4When 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.

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

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

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

  • Mark 11:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11And he went into Jerusalem into the Temple; and after looking round about on all things, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

    12And on the day after, when they had come out from Bethany, he was in need of food.

  • Acts 1:12
    71%

    12Then they went back to Jerusalem from the mountain named Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.

  • Luke 17:11
    71%

    11And it came about that when they were on the way to Jerusalem he went through Samaria and Galilee.

  • John 11:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

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

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

  • Luke 19:28-29
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    70%

    28And when he had said this, he went on in front of them, going up to Jerusalem.

    29And it came about that when he got near Beth-phage and Bethany by the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

  • John 11:11
    70%

    11These 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.

  • John 11:43-44
    2 verses
    70%

    43Then he said in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out!

    44And 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.

  • Luke 7:11
    70%

    11And 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 1:28
    69%

    28These things took place at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was giving baptism.

  • John 12:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17Now 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.

    18And that was the reason the people went out to him, because it had come to their ears that he had done this sign.

  • Matt 21:1
    69%

    1And when they were near Jerusalem, and had come to Beth-phage, to the Mountain of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,

  • Matt 21:17
    68%

    17And he went away from them, and went out of the town to Bethany, and was there for the night.

  • Luke 18:35
    68%

    35And it came about that when he got near Jericho, a certain blind man was seated by the side of the road, making requests for money from those who went by.

  • John 11:23
    68%

    23Jesus said to her, Your brother will come to life again.

  • John 12:12
    67%

    12The day after, a great number of people who were there for the feast, when they had the news that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

  • John 18:1
    67%

    1When Jesus had said these words he went out with his disciples over the stream Kedron to a garden, into which he went with his disciples.

  • John 11:54-55
    2 verses
    67%

    54So Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near to the waste land, to a town named Ephraim, where he was for some time with the disciples.

    55Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and numbers of people went up from the country to Jerusalem to make themselves clean before the Passover.

  • John 12:9
    67%

    9Then 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.

  • Matt 20:17
    67%

    17And when Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples on one side, and said to them,

  • John 6:19
    66%

    19After they had gone three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near to the boat; and they had great fear.