John 11:39
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.
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- John 11:17 : 17 Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus had been put into the earth four days before.
- Acts 2:27 : 27 For you will not let my soul be in hell and you will not give up your Holy One to destruction.
- Acts 13:36 : 36 Now David, having done God's work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his fathers, and his body came to destruction:
- Phil 3:21 : 21 By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.
- Gen 3:19 : 19 With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
- Gen 23:4 : 4 I am living among you as one from a strange country: give me some land here as my property, so that I may put my dead to rest.
- Ps 49:7 : 7 Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself;
- Ps 49:9 : 9 So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.
- Ps 49:14 : 14 Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever.
- Mark 16:3 : 3 And they were saying among themselves, Who will get the stone rolled away from the door for us?
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- John 11:11-2616 verses86%
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.
17 Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus had been put into the earth four days before.
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.
22 But I am certain that, even now, whatever request you make to God, God will give it to you.
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.
25 Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;
26 And no one who is living and has faith in me will ever see death. Is this your faith?
- John 11:29-3810 verses85%
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.
- John 11:40-445 verses79%
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.
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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 11:1-66 verses76%
1 Now 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.)
3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill.
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.
- Luke 7:14-152 verses73%
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.
15 And the dead man got up, and words came from his lips. And he gave him to his mother.
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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.
- Luke 8:52-543 verses71%
52 And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping.
53 And they were laughing at him, being certain that she was dead.
54 But he, taking her hand, said to her, My child, get up.
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39 And 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.
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3 And they were saying among themselves, Who will get the stone rolled away from the door for us?
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15 Jesus 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.
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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.
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40 But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help.
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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.