John 11:38

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Matt 27:60 : 60 And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out of the rock for himself; and after rolling a great stone to the door of it he went away.
  • John 11:33 : 33 And when Jesus saw her weeping, and saw the Jews weeping who came with her, his spirit was moved and he was troubled,
  • John 20:1 : 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.
  • Luke 24:2 : 2 And they saw that the stone had been rolled away.
  • Isa 22:16 : 16 Who are you, and by what right have you made for yourself a resting-place here?
  • Ezek 9:4 : 4 The Lord said to him, Go through the town, through the middle of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the brows of the men who are sorrowing and crying for all the disgusting things which are done in it.
  • Ezek 21:6 : 6 Make sounds of grief, son of man; with body bent and a bitter heart make sounds of grief before their eyes.
  • Gen 23:19 : 19 Then Abraham put Sarah his wife to rest in the hollow rock in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, that is, Hebron in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 49:29-31 : 29 And he gave orders to them, saying, Put me to rest with my people and with my fathers, in the hollow of the rock in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 In the rock in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham got from Ephron the Hittite, to be his resting-place. 31 There Abraham and Sarah his wife were put to rest, and there they put Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I put Leah to rest.
  • Matt 27:66 : 66 So they went, and made safe the place where his body was, putting a stamp on the stone, and the watchmen were with them.
  • Mark 8:12 : 12 And he was very sad in spirit, and said, Why is this generation looking for a sign? truly, I say to you, No sign will be given to this generation.
  • Mark 15:46 : 46 And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door.

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  • John 11:39-41
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    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.

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

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

  • John 11:30-37
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    81%

    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.

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

    37But 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?

  • John 11:17-21
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    17Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus had been put into the earth four days before.

    18Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about two miles away;

    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 11:43-44
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    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.

  • Matt 27:60
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    60And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out of the rock for himself; and after rolling a great stone to the door of it he went away.

  • Mark 15:46
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    46And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door.

  • Mark 16:3-4
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    3And they were saying among themselves, Who will get the stone rolled away from the door for us?

    4And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; and it was of great size.

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

  • John 11:11-14
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    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.

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

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

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

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

  • Mark 5:38-39
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    38And they came to the house of the ruler of the Synagogue; and he saw people running this way and that, and weeping and crying loudly.

    39And when he had gone in, he said to them, Why are you making such a noise and weeping? The child is not dead, but sleeping.

  • Luke 7:14
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    14And 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.

  • John 19:40-42
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    40Then they took the body of Jesus, folding linen about it with the spices, as is the way of the Jews when they put the dead to rest.

    41Now 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.

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

  • Luke 23:53
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    53And he took it down, and folding it in a linen cloth, he put it in a place cut in the rock for a dead body; and no one had ever been put in it.

  • Matt 14:12
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    12And 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 12:1
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    1Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had made to come back from the dead.

  • John 11:5-7
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    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.

  • John 20:15
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    15Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? who are you looking for? She, taking him for the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away from here, say where you have put him and I will take him away.

  • John 12:17
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    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.

  • Luke 24:2
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    2And they saw that the stone had been rolled away.

  • Luke 8:52-54
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    69%

    52And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping.

    53And they were laughing at him, being certain that she was dead.

    54But he, taking her hand, said to her, My child, get up.

  • Matt 28:2
    69%

    2And there was a great earth-shock; for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, rolling back the stone, took his seat on it.

  • John 20:6
    69%

    6Then Simon Peter came after him and went into the hole in the rock; and he saw the linen bands on the earth,

  • John 20:13
    69%

    13They said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? She said to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I have no knowledge where they have put him.

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