John 11:37

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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?

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  • John 9:6-7 : 6 Having said these words, he put earth, mixed with water from his mouth, on the man's eyes, 7 And said to him, Go and make yourself clean in the bath of Siloam (the sense of the name is, Sent). So he went away and, after washing, came back able to see.
  • John 11:21 : 21 Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.
  • John 11:32 : 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.
  • Ps 78:19-20 : 19 They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land? 20 See, the rock was cut open by his power, so that the water came rushing out, and overflowing streams; is he able to give us bread? is he able to get meat for his people?
  • Matt 27:40-42 : 40 You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41 In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said, 42 A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will have faith in him.
  • Mark 15:32 : 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and have belief. And those who were put on crosses with him said evil things against him.
  • Luke 23:35 : 35 And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.
  • Luke 23:39 : 39 And one of the evil-doers on the cross, with bitter feeling, said to him, Are you not the Christ? Get yourself and us out of this.

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    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!

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    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.

    42 I was certain that your ears are at all times open to me, but I said it because of these who are here, so that they may see that you sent me.

    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.

    45 Then a number of the Jews who had come to Mary and had seen the things which Jesus did had belief in him.

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

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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.

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

  • 30 The man said in answer, Why, here is a strange thing! You have no knowledge where he comes from though he gave me the use of my eyes.

  • 26 Then they said to him, What did he do to you? how did he give you the use of your eyes?

  • John 9:10-12
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    10 So they said to him, How then were your eyes made open?

    11 His answer was: The man who is named Jesus put earth mixed with water on my eyes, and said to me, Go and make yourself clean in Siloam: so I went away and, after washing, am now able to see.

    12 And they said to him, Where is he? His answer was: I have no knowledge.

  • John 9:14-19
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    14 Now the day on which the earth was mixed by Jesus and the man's eyes were made open was the Sabbath.

    15 So the Pharisees put more questions to him about how his eyes had been made open. And he said to them, He put earth on my eyes, and I had a wash and am able to see.

    16 Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.

    17 Again they said to the blind man, What have you to say about him for opening your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.

    18 Now the Jews had no belief in the statement that he had been blind and was now able to see, till they sent for the father and mother of the man whose eyes had been made open,

    19 And put the question to them, saying, Is this your son, of whom you say that he was blind at birth? how is it then that he is now able to see?

  • John 12:9-10
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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.

    10 Now there was talk among the chief priests of putting Lazarus to death;

  • John 9:2-3
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    2 And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man's sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth?

    3 Jesus said in answer, It was not because of his sin, or because of his father's or mother's; it was so that the works of God might be seen openly in him.

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    32 In all the years nobody has ever before seen the eyes of a man blind from birth made open.

    33 If this man did not come from God he would be unable to do anything.

  • 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.

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    39 And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.

    40 These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?

  • 21 But how it is he is now able to see, or who made his eyes open, we are not able to say: put the question to him; he is old enough to give an answer for himself.

  • 21 Others said, These are not the words of one who has an evil spirit. Is it possible for an evil spirit to make blind people see?

  • 25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, Is not this the man whose death is desired?

  • 8 Then the neighbours and others who had seen him before in the street, with his hand out for money, said, Is not this the man who got money from people?

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    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.

  • 51 And Jesus said to him, What would you have me do to you? And the blind man said, Master, make me able to see.

  • 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.

  • 11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

  • 6 Having said these words, he put earth, mixed with water from his mouth, on the man's eyes,

  • 37 But though he had done such a number of signs before them, they still had no belief in him:

  • 47 Then the high priests and the Pharisees had a meeting and said, What are we doing? This man is doing a number of signs.

  • 12 Then they put to him the question: Who is the man who said to you, Take it up and go?

  • 40 He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well.

  • 35 And 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.